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Poland Peasant Alliance
In mid-1992, the party of the Rural Solidarity farmers'
union, the Peasant Alliance (Porozumienie Ludowe--PL) held
two
prominent positions in the Suchocka government, the
Ministry of
Agriculture and the Ministry of Environmental Protection
and
Natural Resources. The party also controlled the post of
minister
without portfolio for parliamentary liaison. In mid-1992
the
Peasant Alliance and the Polish Peasant Party (Polskie
Stronnictwo Ludowe--PSL) were still divided by their
political
backgrounds although they both represented Poland's large
rural
sector
(see Polish Peasant Party
, this ch.). The PL, still
distrusting the PSL for its past accommodation with the
communists, opposed the selection of PSL leader Waldemar
Pawlak
as prime minister. The PL supported import tariffs to
protect
domestic farmers, state subsidies to maintain farm
commodity
prices, and easy credit for farmers.
Data as of October 1992
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