About three weeks after the victory of a three-party opposition alliance in parliamentary elections in Poland, President Andrzej Duda made a controversial decision to further delay the transfer of power. The head of state today gave previous prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, from the national conservative PiS, the order to form a government.
Duda said in Warsaw that he followed good parliamentary tradition, according to which a representative of the strongest faction is given the task of forming a government.
This measure by the president, who comes from the PiS camp, could bring more weeks of political instability to Poland. Duda had already set the date for the constituent session of the new parliament for November 13th – almost a month after the election.
Morawiecki has no coalition partners
In the October 15 parliamentary elections, Donald Tusk’s liberal-conservative Citizens’ Coalition (KO) won a clear majority of seats, along with two other opposition parties, the conservative Third Way and the left-wing Lewica alliance. The three parties are already working on a coalition agreement.
The previous ruling party, PiS, on the other hand, has become the strongest political force, but has lost its absolute majority and does not have a coalition partner. This means that Morawiecki’s attempt to form a government is probably doomed to failure.