Poland 2050’s Szymon Hołownia and the PSL’s Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz began their nationwide tour by meeting voters in the central town of Poddębice on Friday afternoon, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Both opposition leaders said they were convinced that “it’s not enough to be against the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.”
“It’s not enough to be anti-PiS,” Hołownia said.
The Poland 2050 leader added that he and Kosiniak-Kamysz felt that “people want somebody to tell them what will happen tomorrow and that tomorrow things will be better.”
Poland 2050, PSL to decide 'within a month' whether to contest elections together
Earlier in the day, Hołownia told the PAP news agency that during his tour of Poland with Kosiniak-Kamysz, officials from both parties would meet to discuss a potential electoral coalition.
He said: “Political teams are being set up that will be tasked with reaching a decision within a month on whether we’ll be forming an electoral coalition for the upcoming parliamentary elections.”
Meanwhile, Kosiniak-Kamysz said in an interview with PAP: “We’re setting off on a tour of Poland with a shared list of issues that we have agreed upon, to present it to the Polish people and ask for their opinion on the matter. It’s definitely not a one-off event, but a whole series of meetings.”
He declared: “We should make a decision on whether to contest the elections together in the coming weeks.”
'List of shared issues’
At the beginning of March, Hołownia and Kosiniak-Kamysz approved “a list of shared issues” to be resolved if the two parties assume power following the autumn’s elections.
The 21 policy issues include "reducing the influence of party officials over the state," restoring the rule of law, increasing pay for teachers, and relaxing abortion rules, followed by a referendum on abortion rights, the PAP news agency reported.
2023 parliamentary elections
Poland's ruling conservatives in 2019 won a convincing victory over opposition parties in the country's parliamentary elections, securing a second term in power.
The next general election is scheduled for this autumn. The exact date will be set by President Andrzej Duda, with October 15 the earliest constitutionally possible date, according to news outlets.
Last month, Poland’s four main opposition parties, including Poland 2050 and the PSL, agreed to join forces in the race for the Senate, the upper house of parliament.
(pm/gs)
Source: PAP, dziennik.pl