Loser in Poland Urges Backers to Vote for Walesa
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WARSAW — Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki on Sunday blamed Lech Walesa for his painful defeat in Poland’s presidential elections but called on his supporters to vote for the Solidarity leader in a runoff next Sunday.
He also asked his campaign officials to organize a new party called Democratic Union to contest the elections. Mazowiecki finished behind Walesa and outsider Stanislaw Tyminski in last week’s vote.
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