Platforma Obywatelska

Platforma Obywatelska (Citizens' Platform, PO), Polish conservative-liberal political party, modelled after the two main American parties. It is the first (and as of 2001 the only) Polish party which has chosen candidates for Parliament using a pre-election process.

Platforma Obywatelska proposes:

• Linear 15% income tax
• Higher education reform, with equal right for private and public universities
• More cash spending should be done by local government, less by central government
• Privatization and demonopolization
• Direct elections of mayors and governors
• Sponsoring kindergartens for poor children
• Private health care
• Majority parliamentary elections
• Labor law reform
• Narrowing privileges of trade unions
• Teaching economy in all schools
• Giving the National Bank of Poland full control over monetary policy
• Allowing private landlording

Leaders: Andrzej Olechowski, Maciej Plazynski, Donald Tusk

Home page: http://www.platforma.org.pl/