Polish president assigns Prime Minister Morawiecki to form new government

by Anadolu Agency

ATHENS

Polish President Andrzej Duda tasked the incumbent conservative Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki with forming the new government, the state-run news agency PAP reported on Monday.

“After a calm analysis and consultations run, I decided to entrust the mission of forming a government to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki,” said Duda in a televised speech, the agency reported.

With this decision, the president is upholding a “good parliamentary tradition,” whereby the winning party is given the first opportunity to form a government, Duda emphasized.

​​​​​​​The ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party secured victory in the general election held on Oct. 15 but failed to retain their parliamentary majority.

As a result, three main opposition groups, the liberal Civic Coalition (KO), the center-right Third Way alliance, and the New Left asked Duda to allow them to form a coalition government under the leadership of Donald Tusk, KO’s leader.

PAP highlighted that since all other parties have categorically excluded entering into a coalition with PiS, it is unlikely that Morawiecki will succeed in winning a vote of confidence in parliament.

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