World IN BRIEF : POLAND : New Cabinet OKd After Two Months
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Poland’s two-month-long government crisis ended when Parliament narrowly voted to accept a Cabinet that is likely to loosen the tough economic austerity program of President Lech Walesa. Last week, legislators gave Prime Minister Jan Olszewski a vote of confidence by rejecting his resignation, which he filed after saying his feud with Walesa made it impossible to choose a Cabinet. Ultimately his choices, once rejected, were approved by lawmakers unwilling to prolong the crisis.
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