1.   Solidarity founder and former President Lech Walesa is taking part in the congress but is not scheduled to speak.

2.   Solidarity founder and former President Lech Walesa declined to sing, claiming he has no voice.

3.   Solidarity founder Lech Walesa, voting in the port city Gdansk, positioned himself to be the godfather of a new Solidarity-rooted coalition.

4.   Solidarity founder and former Polish president Lech Walesa on Thursday denounced the decision, while acknowledging that both management and labor had largely favored it in the end.