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Poland’s president will be chosen in the runoff election – Duda in front

He now has to face a runoff election against opposition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski in two weeks. According to Exit Polls, Duda received 41.8 percent of the vote, Trzaskowski 30.4 percent. Voter turnout was high despite the corona pandemic. According to the Ipsos Institute, it was 62.9 percent.

Duda thanked his whistleblowers in Lowicz for the support on Sunday evening. It is important that the country is run as the majority of the population wants, Duda said cheering his supporters. He congratulated his challenger Trzaskowski on his success.

Trzaskowski said in front of supporters in Warsaw that the result shows that a high percentage of Poles want to switch. “We still have a chance to win.” The second round of elections will decide whether Poland will get a president who will keep a close eye on the government or someone who will not respect his own signature.

President has far-reaching powers

The election was also seen as a kind of referendum on the policies of the national conservative governing party PiS, which has been the president since 2015 and has an absolute majority in parliament. A second term in Duda would underpin the party’s power monopoly until the next parliamentary election in 2023.

The office of the Polish President is not purely representative, the President has far-reaching powers and can not only block laws with a veto, but also initiate his own legislative initiatives.

Trzaskowski represents the largest opposition alliance, the liberal conservative coalition (KO). His victory in the second round could mean that the PiS can expect the president to exercise his right of veto and to stop the initiatives in almost all legislative proposals. Trzaskowski has already announced that he intends to reverse PiS’s controversial judicial reform.

Special regulations in polling stations

The election was originally scheduled for May 10th. As public life was practically crippled at this point in time due to the corona pandemic, the date was postponed after a violent political dispute.

Special protection regulations applied in the polling stations on Sunday. In the center of Warsaw, people with face masks stood in line in front of the polling stations because only a limited number of people were allowed in the rooms. Disinfectants were ready at the entrance, the election workers wore gloves and transparent face shields. Whler were asked to make their cross with their own pen.

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