Solidarity warned Saturday it will no longer tolerate the inept policies of President Lech Walesa, the Parliament and the government, which the labor union charged have led to political turmoil.
Solidarity also demanded the swift dismissal of politicians who allegedly were once communist agents and blamed Walesa for dismissing the government of former Prime Minister Jan Olszewski, who had begun the exposure operation."The delegates expect the president, government and parliament to fullfil their duties for the people in an honest way," said a resolution adopted by the Solidarity Congress held in the seaport of Gdansk.
"Solidarity will not tolerate any longer their inefficiency, incompetence and ill will," the resolution said. The union did not say what action it might take.
The congress called on the government to end the recession and find a solution for unemployment, which stands at 11.9 percent of the country's labor force.
The resolution called on Walesa not to stop "the de-communization process" - a reference to the practice of disclosing names of former communist agents.
It also expressed dissatisfaction over confirmation of Waldemar Pawlak as the new prime minister. Pawlak is the leader of the Peasant Party, which has communist roots.
Walesa dismissed Olszewski June 5 when his government disclosed the names of 64 legislators and politicians who allegedly were collaborators. Walesa's name was on the list.
Addressubg the congress as its guest, Olszewski said the exposure of secret files precipitated the fall of his government. He denied he was involved in staging a coup against Walesa.
On Friday night, Walesa traveled to Gdansk to face criticism of his performance as president of Solidarity, which he formed in 1980 and ran until he was elected president in 1990.
Rebuffing the charge that he was an agent, Walesa admitted he signed three documents with the former communist secret police when he was an anti-communist activist during the previous 20 years.
"One document I signed said I don't have any weapons; another said I will not spread social unrest, and the third one was a promise that I would not disclose the details of the police interrogation against me," he said.
"If there is dust on my soul, don't let me out of the hall," he said in voice filled with emotion.
Adam Michnik, Solidarity's ideologist and Walesa's former associate, described the charge against the president as a "dirty trick."
"It is my duty to state publicly that charging Walesa with being an agent is a mean accusation," Michnik said in an editorial in the independent Gazeta Wyborcza, where he is editor-in-chief.
Walesa said he favors the exposure of agents, but "it has to be done in a careful and documented way."