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8/8/07

Kyiv Post. Poland's Walesa urges PM to resign, blames him for ongoing political strife and redicule of the country

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PM to resign, blames him for ongoing political strife and redicule of the country

Former President Lech Walesa called on Poland's prime minister to resign, saying he was responsible for political turmoil that was undermining the country's reputation abroad. Wrangling within Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's coalition in recent weeks has weakened the government, leading to speculation of a possible collapse. Walesa said it was also making Poland into an international laughing stock.

Walesa, a Nobel peace laureate for leading the dissident movement that eventually toppled communism in Poland, said the prime minister should share the blame for the political turmoil with his twin brother, President Lech Kaczynski. "I was just in the Caribbean, and everywhere people know what's going on in Poland, and everywhere they are making fun of us," Walesa said on TVN24. "Even abroad the Kaczynski brothers are perceived as a source of unrest." "If the prime minister cannot take advantage of what he has, he should step down," Walesa said.

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