Tusk to present government's programme on December 12 says opposition
Donald Tusk, the opposition candidate to be the next Polish prime minister, could well deliver his government's official programme to the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, on December 12, a senior opposition MP said on Thursday.
This would be one day after Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, is due to present his programme to parliament.
Morawiecki's Law and Justice (PiS) party, which has governed Poland since 2015, won October's general elections but failed to win a parliamentary majority.
Despite this, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, swore in the new minority government earlier this week, with Morawiecki as prime minister.
But his government could be short-lived given that just after the presentation it faces a no-confidence vote in parliament.
With the government facing a united opposition in the Sejm, its chances of winning the vote appear slim. Defeat could spell its end, and leave the way open for the creation of a new government, based on three current opposition groupings, and led by Donald Tusk.
Marcin Kierwinski, a senior member of Civic Coalition, the largest of the groupings, told the private broadcaster Polsat News that Tusk is set to present his programme right after Morawiecki's vote of confidence, either on December 11 or on the following day.
"It (the programme presentation - PAP) will be very soon," Kierwinski said. "I personally would be inclined towards December 12.
"Mateusz Morawiecki is fighting until the end to put a few more PiS members in profitable posts, to cement PiS power for a bit longer," Kierwinski added. "This mission is doomed to fail." (PAP)
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