Polish president launches campaign for new term
Xinhua, March 8, 2015 Adjust font size:
Incumbent Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski began his campaign for a new term during a convention held in Warsaw on Saturday.
Announcing his new election slogan "Choose unity and security", Komorowski will start his two-week travel around the country to meet with electors.
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz gave her support for Komorowski, saying he is a kind of president Poland needs -- responsible, reliable, experienced and independent.
Komorowski enlisted the main points of his election plan, underlining the necessity of unity of Poles.
According to Polish media reports, the plan includes the special programs aimed at agriculture and the youth, tax reliefs for innovative companies and creation of new workplaces.
On the same day, candidate of the Democratic Left Alliance party Magdalena Ogorek held her own convention, while Adam Jarubas, a candidate of the Polish People's Party, organized a press conference.
The candidate of the opposition Law and Justice party, Andrzej Duda, on the other hand, met with the Polish community in London.
Komorowski, born in 1952, has been the president of Poland since 2010. As Speaker for the Sejm, Komorowski exercised powers and duties of the head of state following death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash on April 10, 2010. Afterwards he was elected in presidential election, as the candidate of the ruling Civic Platform party.
The presidential elections in Poland will be held on May 10, 2015. A second round will take place on May 24 if needed. Endit