Aleksander Kwaśniewski supported Radosław Sikorski. He assessed that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is running in the Civic Coalition's primaries, has “determination and the will to fight.” As the former president noted, “without courage, without the will to win, it is impossible to achieve success.”
Former president Aleksander Kwaśniewski in the recording lasting just over a minute, he mentioned that he knew Radosław Sikorski for many years. – We used to be on different sides of a political dispute, but times have changed. We have a war next to us, the threat is close, security issues will dominate political life for years, and the next presidential elections will certainly dominate, he said.
Kwaśniewski emphasized that Sikorski “has extraordinary experience” as the minister of national defense in the past, as well as for many years as the minister of foreign affairs. – (He is) a man who knows politics, diplomacy and military issues. He knows people, has many partners both overseas, in Europe and in the world – he mentioned. – He has something else, because I know what presidential elections are and, I will say immodestly, I also know how to win them – said the former president. As he said, Sikorski has, in his opinion, “determination and the will to fight.” – Without courage, without the will to win, it is impossible to achieve success. Radek Sikorski has these features – he summed up.
Sikorski, sharing Kwaśniewski's recording on X, thanked the former president for his support.
Aleksander KwaśniewskiAdam Stepien / Agencja Wyborcza.pl
The Civic Coalition will select a candidate in the primary elections
Primary elections will be held on November 22 in the Civic Coalitionwhich are to select the Civic Coalition's candidate for next year's presidential elections. KO activists will choose between the mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski. The results will be announced the next day. The KO candidate for president selected in the vote is to present his program on December 7 in Silesia.
November 18 Prime Minister Donald Tusk published the results of the announced “big survey” regarding Trzaskowski and Sikorski's chances in the presidential elections. It shows that Trzaskowski would defeat the candidate PIS both in the first and second round. Sikorski, on the other hand, would lose in the first round and win in the second.
The presidential elections will be held in spring next year. Andrzej Duda ends his second and final term in August 2025.
Main photo source: Adam Stepien / Agencja Wyborcza.pl