Polish opposition declares victory after exit polls released

Valencia (EP). Polish opposition leader, Donald TuskHe declared victory after learning of exit polls which showed the ruling Freedom and Justice party (PiS) as the party with the most votes, although without a sufficient majority to remain in government.

According to Polish media reports, Tusk, leader of the Civic Platform party, declared to his followers: “Poland has won! Democracy has won! We have driven them out of power!”

“I know our dreams are more ambitious. I’ve been in politics for a long time. I’m an athlete. I’ve never been happier in my life,” he added. “No one believed this a year ago. Three months ago we weren’t sure,” he stressed. Therefore, Tusk stressed, “he has never been so satisfied with second place.”

A poll published by tvn24 and prepared by Ipsos showed that PiS received 36.8% of the vote and 200 seats in the 460-seat Polish parliament, followed by Civic Alliance (31.6%, 163 seats). It is followed by Tercera Vía (13%, 55 seats), Izquierda (8.6%, 30 seats) and the far-right Confederación Libertad e Independencia (6.2%, 12 seats).

Formally, PiS claims to be the organization with the most votes, with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki Celebrating “Law and Justice is the winner of the 2023 parliamentary elections” on Twitter. However, party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski admitted they “probably” would not govern.

Kaczynski appeared before party supporters to thank them for their support. “This is our fourth victory in the parliamentary elections and the third in a row. It is a great success for our party and our Polish project,” he declared.

“The question remains whether this success will be reflected in our new government, we don’t know yet, but we have to have hope and know that whether we are in power or in opposition, we will defend this project in any way we can. We It will not be allowed to betray Poland and Poland will not be allowed to lose the most precious thing in our country, which is its independence,” he declared.

Parliamentary arithmetic leaves Law and Justice with few options, as its only chance is to secure a majority by adding its own 200 seats to the federal tally of just 12, thereby gaining 230 seats.

On the other hand, Tusk, Third Way and the left-wing Civic Alliance will add 248 seats, three groups that have shown affinity in the opposition campaign against the ruling party.

The “number two” figure in the Federation, Slavomir Menzenhas recognized that “there is no need to hide our failures.” “We have to turn things around, but we are not there yet,” he stressed.

Another far-right party leader put it more clearly: Grzegorz Braun, he pointed out that the “coronavirus killers” and “warriors” won. However, he did not want to discourage his supporters: “The next campaign starts today.”

Starting from the left, Wardzimire Shazasti He stressed that “just 18 years ago the party did not even have parliamentary representation”, but in these elections the party managed to have a chance to participate in government.

Another visible face of the left party, Robert BidrenHe announced that “PiS will end on October 15th” and “Poland will return to Europe”, winning applause from supporters. “From Monday we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work,” he stressed.