Prime Minister Tusk Evening allegedly announces a request for a statement of confidence in the government
2. June 2025 at 16:44 I Updated at 22:12
The coalition partner talks about the theatrical gesture.
Warsaw. Oľský Prime Minister Donald Tusk He announced on Monday that he would ask the Lower Chamber of Parliament (Sejm) to pronounce his government’s confidence.
He responded to the victory of the opposition candidate Karol Nawrocký in Sunday’s presidential election, reports AP and AFP.
Theatrical gesture?
In television, Tusk said that « he will soon ask for a vote for confidence in the Lower Chamber of Parliament ». He also expressed the hope that he would be able to cooperate with the elected President Karol Nawrocký.
In the event that the Parliament does not confidence in the government, Tusk will have to resign and the Sejm will have 14 days to propose a new Prime Minister’s candidate who must gain confidence in the absence of a half of the deputies present.
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Tusk has been applying for the confidence of Parliament twice, in October 2012 and in June 2014, and in both cases SEJ had confidently confidence.
The current initiative comes shortly after the presidential election, in which the candidate of the government civic platform Rafal Trzaskowski failed.
Szymon Holownia, chairman of Szymon Holownia, has previously described the Prime Ministers as a theatrical gesture. At the same time, he indicated that his party could take a restrained attitude in the vote of confidence, as it was not officially informed of the intention.
According to Holownia, Tusk is partially responsible for the election failure of Rafal Trzaskowski.
He wants to cooperate with Nawock
Tusk also announced in television that as the Prime Minister of the Polish government « will not stop for a moment in his work and in our common struggle for Poland, which we dreamed of on the threshold of independence – free, sovereign, safe and prosperous ».
The Prime Minister also turned to those who voted for Trzaskowski. « We go on. I know how you feel … The fight never ends, » he said.
According to PAP, he said that no matter how people perceive the winning candidate, they should recognize his victory and congratulate his voters.
He promised to plan to cooperate with his new head of state wherever it would be necessary and possible. According to him, however, there is also a « emergency plan » presuppose complicated communication.
Tusk added that it is difficult to assume in advance what attitude will be new president. However, he said that if Nawrocki had a willingness to cooperate, « it would be a positive surprise to which the government would respond with full openness ».
