The World - News from Sept. 10, 1989

A parliamentary commission unexpectedly rejected two Cabinet members proposed by Poland’s new prime minister, Tadeusz Mazowiecki. The agriculture commission turned down Czeslaw Janicki, of the United Peasants’ Party, as a deputy prime minister and minister for agriculture, and Rural Solidarity activist Artur Balazs as minister without portfolio for agricultural development. Sources said the commission saw no reason to create what is a new post for Balazs to work alongside the Agriculture Ministry. Concerning the rejection of Janicki, the PAP news agency said that at least one commission member found Janicki’s answers to questions too general. The commission’s decision is not binding.