Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland has survived a vote of confidence in the Sejm, the lower house of parliament. 243 MPs voted in support of him, and 210 voted against him. Not a single one abstained. When conservative Karol Nawrocki defeated close friend Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski in the June 1 presidential runoff, Tusk called for a vote of confidence.
Nawrocki is expected to succeed incumbent President Andrzej Duda. Duda was a conservative who was supported by the Law and Justice or PiS parties and consistently obstructed Tusk’s reform initiatives. US President Donald Trump endorses him.
In the house prior to the vote, Tusk stated, “Anyone who is prepared to move forward with me, with the government, and above all with our voters, despite these fleeting emotions, and build a better Poland, should vote today for a vote of confidence in our government. Tusk has long hoped for a Trzaskowski win to end the institutional impasse caused by Duda’s vetoes.
He asserted, “We cannot deny reality.” “A president who was hesitant to embrace the reforms we suggested for Poland and our electorate is being replaced by one who is at least as hesitant to adopt those reforms and ideas.
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