Polish president assigns Prime Minister Morawiecki to form new government

By Ahmet Gencturk

ATHENS (AA) – Polish President Andrzej Duda tasked the incumbent conservative Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki with forming the new government, the state-run news agency PAP reported on Monday.

"After a calm analysis and consultations run, I decided to entrust the mission of forming a government to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki," said Duda in a televised speech, the agency reported.

With this decision, the president is upholding a "good parliamentary tradition," whereby the winning party is given the first opportunity to form a government, Duda emphasized.

​​​​​​​The ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party secured victory in the general election held on Oct. 15 but failed to retain their parliamentary majority.

As a result, three main opposition groups, the liberal Civic Coalition (KO), the center-right Third Way alliance, and the New Left asked Duda to allow them to form a coalition government under the leadership of Donald Tusk, KO's leader.

PAP highlighted that since all other parties have categorically excluded entering into a coalition with PiS, it is unlikely that Morawiecki will succeed in winning a vote of confidence in parliament.