As many as 385,349 Poles have registered abroad for Poland's presidential elections scheduled for June 28, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Voters can submit applications for inclusion in the electoral register in constituencies abroad until June 25.
A presidential debate with 11 candidates running for the top post was held on public TV (TVP 1 and TVP Info channels) on Wednesday evening.
Around 330,000 Poles registered abroad for Poland's presidential elections scheduled on June 28, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
President Andrzej Duda on Sunday responded to foreign criticism of his statements about the LGBT minority at a Saturday election rally in Brzeg, south-western Poland. His words, which criticised 'LGBT ideology,' evoked hefty criticism from Poland's opposition and foreign media.
The State Electoral Commission (PKW) announced on Saturday that in total 11 candidates are officially running in the presidential elections to be held on June 28.
President Andrzej Duda stated on Twitter on Thursday that on June 4, 1989, the Polish people voted in solidarity for an independent Poland, and underlined that solidarity has always been a topical value.
The presidential election should take place in June, PM Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday and appealed to the Senate to proceed the ballot bill "without any delay".
Polish President Andrzej Duda, in an interview with PAP published on Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of Poland's first fully-free ballot after the fall of communism, the May 27 local elections, stressed the importance of local self-government for society.
The main opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO)'s candidate for the presidential elections, Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, supported by the broader Civic Coalition (KO),withdrew from the delayed presidential election, she told a Friday briefing.
The most likely dates for the presidential election are June 28 or July 5, after Poland's May 10 all-mail vote was cancelled, Jaroslaw Gowin, leader of the Agreement party, a junior ruling coalition member, told a private broadcaster TVN24 on Tuesday.
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