“I feel that in a sense I have been a candidate since 2020,” Rafał Trzaskowski said on RMF FM radio. A Civic Platform politician claims their candidate must have a strong party mandate to try to win the presidential election. “Radosław Sikorski has appeared, who has had ambitions for years, and I believe that this simply needs to be resolved,” said the mayor of Warsaw.
The National Council of the Civic Platform has decided that primaries will likely be held on November 23 via electronic voting, in which KO members (PO, Nowoczesna, Inicjatywa Polska and Zieloni) will choose who will be the coalition’s candidate for president of the republic. of Poland in 2025. The current president of Warsaw will be a candidate for Rafał Trzaskowski and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. Donald Tusk is not on this list. The winner will be announced on December 7 in Silesia.
I think we are a democratic party In a sense, I have been a candidate since 2020, I have taken on a certain responsibility and of course I maintain my desire to run for president. But Radosław Sikorski appeared, who has had ambitions for years, and I think this just needs to be resolved.
– said Rafał Trzaskowski in RMF24.
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Transparent primaries, or rather Tusk
The idea of holding primaries was suggested by Rafał Trzaskowski, who is counting on broad support from politicians from the ruling camp.
To participate in next year’s presidential elections, which are important for all of us in Poland, you need a very strong mandate. If part of my party did not support me in these efforts, it would be difficult to imagine that they would be ready for such a major challenge
– said Trzaskowski.
The Civic Coalition candidate should be very strong, should have a very strong mandate, and such primaries will do exactly that.
– continued Trzaskowski, who did not give a direct answer to the question of whose votes he could count on.
I convince all my colleagues in the party who know me very well. I was very active and traveled all over Poland. I know most of my colleagues who work hard in the regions. I count on the votes of those I have worked with every day: parliamentarians, senators and local government officials. Many of my colleagues have already announced their support. However, some people keep their preferences to themselves and this is completely natural
– said the Civic Platform politician. According to him, the words of Marek Sawicki, who said that the PO primaries mean nothing because Donald Tusk will decide everything anyway, prove the ignorance of the PSL politician.
Marek Sawicki does not understand how the Civic Coalition and the Civic Platform work. We have ordered primaries and there will be a transparent system, the members of KO, i.e. all four parties, will decide
– said Rafał Trzaskowski.
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Source: wPolityce