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The current situation was the result of a set of conflicting interests and controversial decisions. Faced with the risk that Covid-19 infection would spread widely in polling stations, the ruling party proposed a vote on a law that mandates election by correspondence.
But this text, criticized by defenders of the constitution and rejected by the opposition in the Senate, came too late to allow the organization of the vote.
At the same time, the ruling party refused to postpone the presidential elections claimed by the opposition whose candidates were unable to campaign, and also three out of four Poles want it, according to opinion polls.
Under the constitution, postponing presidential elections requires declaring a state of natural disaster.
Officially, the ruling party saw that the health situation did not require it and semi-officially hinted that multinationals operating in Poland could claim massive compensation that the state could not afford.
However, the opposition sees another reason for this, which is that the conservative party wants to ensure the victory of outgoing President Andre Doda, to which he belongs.
Doda, who leads the polls, may have been re-elected from the first round, but his chances of winning may decrease over time, especially as the economic repercussions of the epidemic and its effects on businesses and families unfold, and unemployment increases.
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This situation resulted from the spread of the new Corona virus, as well as the inability of the ruling national conservatives and the opposition to reach an agreement with a constitutional solution acceptable to both parties.
The leader of the conservative ruling Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and his ally, leader of the “Understanding” party, Jaroslaw Govin, who wanted to postpone the poll, confirmed that they had reached this solution on Wednesday.
They said in a statement: “When the May 10 date passes and the Supreme Court takes note, as expected, that the elections are invalid due to their misconduct, the Speaker of Parliament will announce new presidential elections in the first possible date. “
“We are entering an atmosphere of futility,” said political expert Stanislav Mucic, dean of Collegium Civitas University, adding that the statement “appears to be an order issued to the court.”
The current situation was the result of a set of conflicting interests and controversial decisions. Faced with the risk that Covid-19 infection would spread widely in polling stations, the ruling party proposed a vote on a law that mandates election by correspondence.
But this text, criticized by defenders of the constitution and rejected by the opposition in the Senate, came too late to allow the organization of the vote.
At the same time, the ruling party refused to postpone the presidential elections claimed by the opposition whose candidates were unable to campaign, and also three out of four Poles want it, according to opinion polls.
Under the constitution, postponing presidential elections requires declaring a state of natural disaster.
Officially, the ruling party saw that the health situation did not require it and semi-officially hinted that multinationals operating in Poland could claim massive compensation that the state could not afford.
However, the opposition sees another reason for this, which is that the conservative party wants to ensure the victory of outgoing President Andre Doda, to which he belongs.
Doda, who leads the polls, may have been re-elected from the first round, but his chances of winning may decrease over time, especially as the economic repercussions of the epidemic and its effects on businesses and families unfold, and unemployment increases.
