The next round of consultations between President Andrzej Duda and representatives of the electoral commissions has begun. The head of PO, Donald Tusk, arrived at the presidential palace together with representatives of the KKW Civic Coalition PO .N IPL Zieloni.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, President Andrzej Duda invited representatives of the electoral commissions that will be represented in the next Sejm for consultations. Each of the election committees meets separately, in the order according to the results achieved by these committees in the elections. The president announced that he would ask politicians about their ideas for investments, the economy, energy and defense, as well as potential candidates for prime minister.
In the afternoon at 2 p.m., the head of the PO, Donald Tusk, arrived at the presidential palace as a representative of the KKW Civic Coalition PO .N IPL Greens and the opposition candidate for prime minister. The meeting was also attended by: Barbara Nowacka (Polish Initiative), Adam Szłapka (Nowoczesna), Urszula Zielińska (Greens) and Marcin Kierwiński (PO).
In addition to Andrzej Duda, the meeting will also be attended by the Head of the Presidential Chancellery Grażyna Ignaczak-Bandych, Presidential Ministers Małgorzata Paprocka and Wojciech Kolarski, and the new Head of the President’s Office Marcin Mastalerek.
Consultation in the palace
At 12:00, the first representatives of the Law and Justice Commission to participate in the meeting with the president were Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, head of the PiS club Ryszard Terlecki and party spokesman Rafał Bochenek. Mateusz Morawiecki is the PiS candidate for prime minister.
On Wednesday at At 11 a.m. the President of the Republic of Poland will meet with representatives of the KKW Trzecia Droga Polish People’s Party – Poland 2050 by Szymon Hołownia, at 1 p.m. KW Nowa Lewica and at 3 p.m. KW Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległości.
In the Sejm elections, PiS won 194 seats, KO – 157; Third way – 65; New Left – 26; Confederacy – 18.
The constitution provides for three possible steps in selecting the government after the elections. In the first, the President plays a major role, who, among other things, appoints the Prime Minister, taking into account that the government he proposes must receive the support of an absolute majority in the Sejm in order to receive a vote of confidence. If this attempt fails, the Sejm takes the initiative. Then the Prime Minister and the government need an absolute majority of votes in the presence of at least half of the legal number of deputies. If parliamentarians fail to form a government, the initiative returns to the president and a simple majority is required for a vote of confidence.
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Source: wPolityce