Substituting for the left?
The opposition groups forming the Senate Pact can align not only on lists but also on whether there is disagreement within the opposition on this issue. In addition, as reported by Gazeta Wyborcza, one of the blocs has a chance at an extra seat in Mazovia, featuring a left-wing politician with a striking name. Notably, the opposition has not put forward a candidate in the district of Senator Jan Maria Jackowski, who recently left the PiS parliamentary club.
Substituting for the left?
A well-informed source familiar with the pact’s provisions says everything has been settled. – We have 65 seats across Poland, and we are confident about winning ten more. Several of these are in Mazovia, says the politician, referring to an internal inquiry [GW attribution].
– reports the journalist from Gazeta Wyborcza.
Further details indicate the left’s candidate will take the Mazovian seat.
Moreover, this would involve a “really hot name.” Does this signal that a left-leaning politician might leave Warsaw?
– the article continues. It notes that a decision could come in the next few days during a meeting between Donald Tusk and Włodzimierz Czarzasty. If that happens, current senators would be moved to the Sejm list, and candidates from the left side of the political scene would fill the new positions [GW attribution].
“Our electorate would not understand”
Marek Borowski and Aleksander Pociej are assured positions in Mazovia. Two spots remain open. One leftist MP told Gazeta Wyborcza that after the passing of Senator Barbara Borys-Damięcka, the district might turn to the former ombudsman, Adam Bodnar.
He insists that the electorate would not understand why the left does not back the former ombudsman, according to the interview.
The former leader of Nowoczesna, Ryszard Petru, is connected with the same district but comes from a separate committee.
Petru’s move was viewed by some as miscalculated, with comments that he could have aligned with Nowoczesna first and then found a place within the campaign, but instead he chose a confrontation with the coalition that some describe as unnecessary, according to an informant from the PO.
Jackowski’s candidacy
Jan Maria Jackowski, a senator who was recently linked to PiS, is expected to leave his own district. What will this mean for the Senate Pact?
There will be no candidate for the Jan Maria Jackowski district, state another GW opposition informants.
Representatives of the parties within the Senate Pact maintain that, contrary to PiS staffers’ claims, there are no disputes over the electoral lists for the Senate.
Leaders emphasize a quiet approach. There is no known conflict within the coalition, says a KO representative. The farmers’ coalition also argues there is no disagreement over the Senate pact, though reports about the start of Senator Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski’s term, and a reported blockage by PO leader Donald Tusk, remain under discussion [GW attribution].
The former prime minister has stated that all senators elected in 2019 who did not betray the pact will retain their places on the lists, and there is hope that President Tusk will honor this commitment [PSL attribution].
As seen, while clashes may appear plausible, there is no clear alliance friction—yet a sense of fragility persists in the negotiations.
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Source: wPolityce