After election defeat: PiS delays change of power in Poland
After the opposition won the majority in the parliamentary elections in Poland, the national-conservative former governing party PiS is delaying the transition of power even further. According to a spokesperson, the current Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who was tasked with forming a government by President Andrzej Duda on Monday, does not want to present his cabinet until the end of November - but it does not have a majority in parliament behind it. This means that the victorious opposition under Donald Tusk will probably have to wait until the beginning of December before it can take over the government.
According to the constitution, Morawiecki has a period of 14 days from the moment of his appointment. He assumes that the cabinet will be presented "between day 12 and day 14" of this period, said the spokesman for the current government, Piotr Müller, on Tuesday in Warsaw.
Opposition had clearly won the election
In the election on October 15, three pro-European parties led by former EU Council President Tusk won a clear majority of 248 of the 460 seats. The previous national-conservative governing party PiS won 194 seats and has no coalition partner.
Despite this majority, Duda, who himself comes from the ranks of the PiS, appointed PiS politician Morawiecki to form the government. Representatives of the opposition accuse Duda of wanting to delay the turnaround with this maneuver. As Morawiecki will not receive a majority for his cabinet in parliament, the mission is doomed to failure. Only then would it be the turn of the current opposition to form a government.
Source: www.dpa.com
