Amending the constitution could bring clashes between the country’s top officials to an end, say former chairmen of the Constitutional Tribunal quoted by Gazeta Wyborcza.

Press reviewed by Danuta Isler

“Who rules here?” asks the broadsheet Gazeta Wyborcza daily in its front page story wondering who is responsible for governing the country – is it the president or is it the government? Recent conflicts between Poland’s president and PM harm this country and cannot be tolerated claim three former chairmen of the Constitutional Tribunal. Andrzej Zoll, Marek Safjan and Jerzy Stępień issued a statement in which they say Poles are tired of watching never-ending political and legal arguments in the highest governing circles. They also announce the creation of a group of experts who will prepare amendments to the constitution presenting possible variants of the governing model. The project to be presented to the PM, president and speakers of both chambers of the Parliament should be ready by June.

Following World Cancer Day Rzeczpospolita writes in its science section that Poland is doing quite well when it comes to fighting cancer and is even coming close to rich western European countries when it comes to cancer prevention. In case of preventing lung cancer in men we are winning – claim experts attributing it to the reduction in smoking among Polish men. World Cancer Day was an opportunity to present cancer statistics from 2006. About 90,000 Poles out of 140,000 people who are diagnosed for cancer each year die an early death, as they are largely suffering from malignant tumors. This Saturday will see 27 Oncological Centres organising ‘open doors’ day, which will include consultations with specialists and experts about cancer treatment methods.

Will Poland join the G-20 group? – asks the already mentioned Rzeczpospolita. According to the paper, Great Britain which hosts the April summit of the group would like to see Poland as one of its participants. The G-20 is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 of the world's 25 largest national economies plus the European Union. During their meeting in London they are to prepare a plan of revival for world economy and create the fundamentals of the new economic order of the world. Poland did not strive to participate in it but English diplomats claim that the country proved to be much better prepared to handle the global crisis and hence may have a valuable input in the meeting – writes the paper.

Polish tabloids continue their coverage of the recently confirmed divorce of Poland’s former PM, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz who decided to leave Maria, his wife of 28 years and the mother of his four children, for a woman twenty years his junior. “She always gets what she wants” splashes on its front page Super Express claiming to be the only source of the truth about 28-year-old Izabela from the locality of Brwinow on the outskirts of Warsaw who is to become Mrs. Marcinkiewicz some time this summer. It also claims to have reached the parents, friends and colleagues of the ‘mysterious lover of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. The profile is accompanied by photographs from the school reunion community site called “Nasza Klasa”.