berlin today we could have an answer there he soon and at the latest within the next 10 days and mr serjeant has said it's absolutely in their hands if they want him he's ready to take on the leadership at the chancellor of candidacy now the noteworthy thing here is that within the party leadership this is where mr lasher has the bulk of his support within the party's parliamentary group and within the population at large there are many who would prefer mr sirgo but the party leadership appears to be a somewhat concerned about a possible shift in the balance of power toward bavaria and as you noted in your introduction mr souter is the head of the sister party of the c.d.u. there he and christian social union and these are 2 sisters who have a long standing rival for the so mr blessitt said he's pretty sure the leadership will choose him and who the polls favor many opinion polls show that within the general population there is a very strong margin of support for mr surtur there given the c.s.u. leader 54 percent in the latest poll at the beginning of april said they would prefer him as oppo