WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president has tapped the current prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party, to try to form the country's next government.
President Andrzej Duda made the announcement Monday following a national election in which the right-wing Law and Justice lost its parliamentary majority to three allied opposition parties but emerged as the single biggest vote-getter.
Duda stressed that Morawiecki’s party should be given the chance to stay in power since it won more votes than any other single party. “Following consultations and after deep consideration, President Andrzej Duda has taken his decision regarding the so-called first step” , presidential aide Marcin Mastalerek said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Under Poland's constitution, the first step in forming a government is for the president to “designate” the prime minister and task him with nominating a Cabinet, which must then be approved by parliament. Only then can the president formally appoint the prime minister and the government. If the Cabinet fails to gain approval, the process is repeated with another prime minister-designate.
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