Poles set October polling day
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August 5, 2011, Friday
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POLAND yesterday set October 9 as the date for parliamentary elections, opening a two-month electoral campaign certain to be shaped by bitter disputes over the plane crash in April last year that killed President Lech Kaczynski and other political figures.
Since the crash in Russia, in which Kaczynski, the first lady and a raft of the Poland's political and military elite were among the 96 killed, Poland has been racked by political infighting and recriminations over the disaster.
In the electoral race, the second most popular party is Law and Justice, the conservative nationalist force led by the late president's twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
It blames the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk for the disaster, claiming ill will toward the late president led to careless security procedures that were among the causes of the crash.
However, Tusk has a good chance of retaining power. Opinion polls show 40 percent support for his centrist Civic Platform party.
Since taking office in 2007, he has cultivated an image of moderation and conciliation, and has nurtured better ties with Germany and Russia.
Kaczynski's Law and Justice party has support of about 30 percent in various surveys. It has a strong core constituency of conservative, religious and nationalist Poles, often older people living in rural areas.
The country's third most popular force is the Democratic Left Alliance, the reshaped successor to the former communist party.
Since the crash in Russia, in which Kaczynski, the first lady and a raft of the Poland's political and military elite were among the 96 killed, Poland has been racked by political infighting and recriminations over the disaster.
In the electoral race, the second most popular party is Law and Justice, the conservative nationalist force led by the late president's twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
It blames the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk for the disaster, claiming ill will toward the late president led to careless security procedures that were among the causes of the crash.
However, Tusk has a good chance of retaining power. Opinion polls show 40 percent support for his centrist Civic Platform party.
Since taking office in 2007, he has cultivated an image of moderation and conciliation, and has nurtured better ties with Germany and Russia.
Kaczynski's Law and Justice party has support of about 30 percent in various surveys. It has a strong core constituency of conservative, religious and nationalist Poles, often older people living in rural areas.
The country's third most popular force is the Democratic Left Alliance, the reshaped successor to the former communist party.
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