Piotr Müller was speaking after Law and Justice leaders gathered in Warsaw on Monday afternoon for an emergency meeting amid political tensions that could result in the breakup of the conservative coalition, a minority government or early elections.
The meeting was attended by Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Müller told reporters afterwards: "Time to clear the atmosphere in the coalition will come in handy, and as to what the consequences of this will be, everything will be clear this week.”
The United Right coalition, which is headed by Law and Justice and also comprises the strongly conservative Solidarna Polska party and the Porozumienie (Agreement) grouping, has governed Poland since winning a landslide in a 2015 parliamentary election.
The coalition, secured a second term in power in a parliamentary ballot on October 13.
Tensions between three conservative parties became apparent after the junior partners in the coalition last week refused to support an animal rights bill strongly backed by Law and Justice chief Kaczyński.
Ryszard Terlecki, a senior lawmaker with Law and Justice, on Friday warned that a minority government or early elections in Poland could not be ruled out.
He said at the time: "At the moment the situation is such that the coalition is practically nonexistent.”
Without lawmakers from its two junior coalition partners, Law and Justice would not have a majority in Poland’s lower house.
Terlecki added that if early elections were to be held, his Law and Justice party would contest them alone.
The three parties in government have recently been trying to hammer out a new coalition agreement and decide on the allocation of ministerial posts in a long-expected government reshuffle. The talks have now been halted.
(pk/gs)
Source: PAP