In Solidarity Part 4 – September 1990 – January 1991

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In a background of the population deeply angry that the change to a non-communist government has not quickly brought about an improvement in living standards the schism in Solidarity deepens. Walesa  constantly surprises and gains majority control.
Wałęsa has been criticized for a confrontational style and for instigating “war at the top”, whereby former Solidarity allies clashed with one another, causing annual changes of government’ This increasingly isolated Wałęsa on the political scene. As he lost political allies, he came to be surrounded by people who were viewed by the public as incompetent and disreputable. Mudslinging during election campaigns tarnished his reputation.Some thought Wałęsa, an ex-electrician with no higher education, was too plain-spoken and too undignified for the post of president. Others thought him too erratic in his views or complained he was too authoritarian and that he sought to strengthen his own power at the expense of the Sejm. Wałęsa’s national security advisor Jacek Merkel credited the shortcomings of Wałęsa’s presidency to his inability to comprehend the office of the president as an institution. He was an effective union leader capable of articulating what the workers felt but as president he had difficulty delegating power or navigating bureaucracy, clarification Wałęsa’s problems were compounded by the difficult transition to a market economy; in the long run it was seen as highly successful but it lost Wałęsa’s government much popular support. However Lech had overwhelming popular support whilst a wave of anti-Semitism attacked former prime minister Tadeuz Mazowiecki

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