Poland – Jaroslaw Kaczynski to stand for the presidency

The twin brother of the late President Lech Kaczyński of Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński, has announced that he will be a candidate at the forthcoming presidential election in June.

The deadline for candidates has passed. Warsaw Voice reports that 22 individuals have established electoral committees with a view to standing at the election. They now have to gather 100,000 signatures in order to be able to compete.

The main candidates will be:

Jarosław Kaczyński (Law and Justice, PiS)
Bronisław Komorowski (Civic Platform, PO)
Waldemar Pawlak (Polish People’s Party, PSL)
Andrzej Lepper (Self-Defense, SO)

Despite the wave of sympathy following his brother’s death, the polls suggest that Jarosław Kaczyński is trailing a long way behind Bronisław Komorowski, the acting president and speaker of the Sejm.

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