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Presidency section lacking

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There is a stark lack of information about Walesa's time as President (particularly his seemingly wavering commitment to democratic rule.) Specifically, there is no mention of the parliamentary struggles which limited Walesa's government and presidency and even led to his disbanding parliament in 1993 after it voted no confidence in the government. Much of the struggle concerned cost of living/ wage and salary issues expressed by workers (even members of Solidarity) during the free-market "reforms."

In addition to reteospective academic journals, there are tons of contemporary news sources from the early 1990s which covered these developments. Here is a brief WaPo article which covered it:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/05/30/walesa-dissolves-polish-parliament/97a2f4ce-3e6f-40bf-8cb7-19a3a699bb77/ 2601:5CF:8601:27F0:5CBC:20B0:F7CC:C9B3 (talk) 11:14, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]