Poland
The Polish voters may have had enough of the Kaczynski brothers and company
Classified Polnews
Warsaw, Poland July 19, 2006. The recent removal of Poland's Prime Minister, Kaszimierz Marcinkiewicz, and his replacement by the Polish President's brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, created a wrenching change in the image of the Polish Government. By assuming the position of Prime Minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski went back on a promise he made to the Polish people to not take the position of Prime Minister with his brother as President. Taking the position of Prime Minister may have hurt his political party's popularity with the Polish people.
Poll numbers released yesterday show that the opposition party Civic Platform has a substantial lead over the ruling coalition party, and party of the Prime Minister, Law and Justice and that lead is a lot larger than most would have expected.
It is common for the poll results to show all these parties exchanging positions but always being within a couple percentage points different. In this case the margin was quite wide.
The poll results showed the Civic Platform at 32% preference level and Law and Justice Party at 24 percent .
Law and Justice Party coalition partner League of Polish Families is also having its difficulties. Reports are that people who have been members of the League of Polish Families are leaving that party and joining the Law and Justice Party. These people see that the support level for the League of Polish Families is hovering at about 3% which means that the party would not have any position in the Polish parliament. The people who running in local elections are making their move now because they see that they are not likely to get a position if the election results for the local elections mirror the national polls.
The Samoobrona political party, which is also a coalition member, appears to be losing support while the ex-communist SLD has gained support and now holds a lead over the Samoobrona in the polls.
Some commentators are expressing the opinions that the Polish people are finally fed up with the extreme policies of of the parties that make up the current ruling coalition. And they may be tired of listening to the Kaczynskis promising one thing and doing another.
The answer, of course, lies in the fall local elections.
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