NEWS
December 11, 1990 | CHARLES T. POWERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
While Lech Walesa savored his presidential election victory with a visit to his old workplace in the Gdansk shipyards, Polish prosecutors announced Monday that Walesa's opponent, Stanislaw Tyminski, will be barred from leaving the country while an investigation continues into charges that he slandered the government. Tyminski, a 42-year-old who holds citizenship in Canada, Peru and Poland, could not be reached Monday, and his campaign offices were closed.
NEWS
December 10, 1990 | CHARLES T. POWERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lech Walesa, the shipyard electrician who led Poland's fight against Communist rule for the last decade, was elected president Sunday by a landslide margin, according to partial, official returns that showed him winning by 77%. Exit polls projected that Walesa would maintain that 77%, decisively trouncing his mysterious dark-horse opponent, Polish emigre and Canadian businessman Stanislaw Tyminski. The exit polls projected a vote of 23% for Tyminski.
NEWS
December 8, 1990 | From Associated Press
Poland's first popular presidential campaign officially ended Friday with Lech Walesa enjoying a big lead and underdog challenger Stanislaw Tyminski being booed at his own rally. Two days before Sunday's vote, the Solidarity chairman was awarded a strong endorsement from the head of the country's Roman Catholic Church, to which more than 90% of the population belongs. "The Polish church will side with Walesa," Cardinal Jozef Glemp announced.
NEWS
December 4, 1990 | CHARLES T. POWERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, facing a runoff this weekend against dark-horse candidate Stanislaw Tyminski in the race for the national presidency, has received the backing of Poland's powerful Roman Catholic church.
NEWS
December 2, 1990 | CHARLES T. POWERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Canadian businessman Stanislaw Tyminski, challenging Solidarity leader Lech Walesa for the presidency of Poland, has denied assertions by Polish authorities that he made several trips to Libya in the last decade. The denial came Saturday in a combative news conference, starring both Walesa and Tyminski, broadcast on Polish television.
NEWS
November 30, 1990 | CHARLES T. POWERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Stanislaw Tyminski, the Polish emigre who will face Solidarity leader Lech Walesa in the Dec. 9 runoff election for president, was issued visas seven times in the 1980s from the Polish Consulate in Tripoli, Libya, the Polish interior minister said Thursday. Tyminski, who runs an electronics firm in Toronto and has business interests in Peru, repeatedly has denied ever traveling to Libya.