On Monday afternoon, November 27, Polish President Andrzej Duda swore in the new government of Mateusz Morawiecki. This fact caused a wave of comments both in Poland itself and in other countries.
The thing is that this cabinet of ministers has no chance of gaining parliamentary approval. The still ruling party, PiS, although it received more votes in the October elections, did not receive a majority in the Seimas.
In an afternoon interview with RMF FM, Polish Sejm member Michal Kobosko said that Morawiecki’s sworn-in cabinet was “a government for a while.” “This government is a joke on Polish women and men,” said a Polish 2050 MP.
“A zombie government has emerged in Poland,” this is how the American publication Politico described its appearance, recalling that the government’s term of office “is likely to be a maximum of 14 days.”
The thing is that three opposition parties took 248 seats out of 460, which is enough to form a government. At the same time, President Duda, who is a representative of PiS, did not allow the majority in parliament to quickly form their cabinet and begin governing the country. The opposition will still be able to do this, but only after it fails the cabinet of the PiS party that does not want to leave.
“Now Morawiecki has two weeks to present his program to parliament and try to win a vote of confidence. If – as is almost certain – this fails, then parliament will be able to choose a candidate for the post of prime minister, allowing Tusk to return to the position he left in 2014,” Politico reported.
In turn, the head of the zombie government is still calling on deputies to support his cabinet. “I am not suggesting a third term for PiS, two terms are behind us. We propose that others join us in the Decalogue of Polish Affairs, and we will join others, so that for the Coalition for Polish Affairs to truly be what unites and gives hope to Poles,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on TVP.
In Poland itself, many paid attention to the president’s reaction during the oath of office of the “provisional government.” Many decided that they were definitely having fun at that moment, knowing that these ministers would not last long.
But the second and third persons in the state, that is, the head of the Sejm Szymon Holownia and the speaker of the Senate Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, did not appear at the Presidential Palace to swear in the government of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. No one from the presidium of both chambers came either.
Earlier, Telegraph reported that the current Prime Minister of Poland and representative of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which lost its majority in the Sejm, Mateusz Morawiecki called on deputies to “support his government, which he will try to create.” This statement caused great merriment in the plenary hall of the Polish parliament.
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