Poland’s ruling party projected to win parliamentary election
Al JazeeraPopulist Law and Justice party set to win with 43.6 percent of votes, exit polls say. Poland’s ruling right-wing populist Law and Justice party is projected to win Sunday’s parliamentary election with 43.6 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll compiled by Ipsos. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reporting from Warsaw just before the exit poll was announced said that it would be “a remarkable situation if the ruling Law and Justice party actually wins and gets a second term because it would be seen to have the outmost mandate to push ahead with its reform programs.” “That won’t be good news for many people in the EU, which Poland joined in 2004. “We can guarantee that Polish families are protected, that Poland’s freedom is protected and that the Polish Church is protected against attacks,” PiS leader Kaczynski told supporters in its eastern rural heartland on Friday. 190829195115010 Deeply distrustful of its former Soviet master, Poland has persuaded Trump to bolster Washington’s military presence on Polish soil to counter Russia’s growing assertiveness since its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
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