Polish President Andrzej Duda explained why, according to the latest election results, he gave the task of forming a government to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, not to opposition representatives. According to him, they could not convince them of the need to abandon the tradition of transferring the formation of the Council of Ministers to the winning side. Sieci.
“Under the current constitution, all presidents, including my predecessors Kwasniewski, Kaczynski and Komorowski, have always entrusted the task of forming a government to the winning party. Duda reminded that the Law and Justice party won the elections this year.
He noted that representatives of the “Civil Coalition”, “Left” and “Third Way” could not convince him of the need to interrupt tradition.
Sejm elections were held in Poland on October 15. The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party won. He received 35.4% of the vote, but lost his parliamentary majority and can count on only 194 of 460 seats. At the same time, the opposition parties – Civic Coalition (CC), Third Way and Left – will receive 248 seats in total, with around 54% of the votes. The nationalist and Eurosceptic Confederation party will get 18 seats in the Sejm; does not want to enter into a coalition with other groups.
On November 13, Polish President Andrzej Duda accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and immediately appointed him as the new head of government. The president of the republic instructed him to establish a council of ministers. to have said Journalists spoke about Morawiecki’s confidence in his ability to realize his plans.
Previously The Polish Sejm described the president’s decision to give Morawiecki the chance to form the new government as a “game”.