A record number of voters voted for President and in Poland
| The first exit gender data shows a minimal lead for Rafal Truzhaskovsky by 30.8%, while his opponent Carol Narotsky has a support of 29.1%. |
- Following the first results, Tzhaskovski said that changes in Poland should be accelerated and that he would be an independent president who supports the government.
- Narotsky, for his part, called on the far -right voters « to save Poland » and that « Prime Minister Donald Tusk should not have all the power. »
The vote is crucial for the hopes of Donald Tusk’s pro -European government to implement its reformist program.
Fifty-three-year-old Rafal Truzhaskovsky is the candidate of the liberal-conservative « Civil Coalition » led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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Truzhaskovski describes the vote as a choice between Western liberal values and increasing nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe, where Eurosceptic parties have already won power or are ready to do so. « These elections are about whether we will be part of the West or part of the East, » he told a rally in the northern port city of Schczchin.
The President in Poland has a role with limited enforcement powers, but the right to veto the legislation. He appoints the head of the government and the cabinet, and is the commander -in -chief of the Polish armed forces in the event of war.
The two candidates will run for run on June 1st.
