The best solution for the Civic Coalition, but above all for Poland, is to choose a person who has been consistently preparing for the role of the president of Poland for five years, said Minister of Sport Sławomir Nitras, member of the National Management Board of the Civic Platform, on TVN24. The guest of “Fakty po Faktach” declared support for Rafał Trzaskowski in the primary elections. Many other KO politicians have also already announced who they will vote for.
PO national board unanimously decided on Saturday to organize primary electionswhich will select one candidate of the Civic Coalition in the presidential elections in 2025. The mayor of Warsaw will take part in them Rafał Trzaskowski and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski. One common candidate of the Civic Coalition will be selected, i.e. not only PO, but also Nowoczesna, Inicjatywa Polska and the Greens.
Prime minister Donald Tusk reported that the primaries will probably be held on November 23 via electronic voting. The winner will present their program on December 7 in Silesia.
Tusk on the primaries: voting in NovemberTVN24
Nitras: we have a deep feeling that we need to finish what we started in 2020
He made a clear declaration regarding the primaries in the Saturday edition of “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24 Minister of Sports and Tourism Sławomir Nitrasmember of the National Board of the Civic Platform.
– I don't think this is a particular surprise to too many people. I have great respect for Radek Sikorski. We are all happy that he returned to Polish politics a year ago and is a really great strengthening of our government. However, we have been cooperating with Rafał Trzaskowski in a large group for five years and we have a deep feeling that we have to finish what we started in 2020, what was stolen from us a little, with emphasis on “stolen”, not “a little”, he said.
– With great respect for Radek Sikorski, I believe that the best solution for the Civic Coalition, but above all for Poland, is to choose a person who has been preparing for the role of president of Poland very consistently for five years, and who, I think, takes it very seriously. treats what the president even outright denied Andrzej Dudasaying that he has no intention of being the president of all Poles, Nitras continued.
As he added, “Rafał Trzaskowski will certainly want to be a president acceptable to as many people as possible, God willing, all Poles.” – I think that his attitude, maybe not always so spectacular, but such balance, calmness and great respect for everyone are the features that distinguish him on the Polish political scene. And that's why Rafał Trzaskowski – he explained.
Rafał Trzaskowski or Radosław Sikorski? Primary elections in the Civic CoalitionTVN24
They also support Rafał Trzaskowski
On Saturday, many other KO politicians already declared on social media who they would vote for.
Among them is deputy chairman of PO and deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense Cezary Tomczyk. “I appreciate both candidates very much. We have known both of them for years. I will vote for Rafał Trzaskowski. President Trzaskowski, Prime Minister Tusk, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikorski. This is a dream team,” he wrote.
He made a similar statement KO MEP Dariusz Jońskiwriting about the “Polish security trio”. He wrote about Trzaskowski that “he has the gift of connection and dialogue.” “This is what the president of Poland should be like for the next 5 years,” he added.
He also supports Trzaskowski Mayor of Krakow Aleksander Miszalskiformer KO MP. “For the first time, I regret that in Poland we do not have the American system in which Rafał Trzaskowski and Radek Sikorski could run together. We have two great candidates, but there can only be one President. Good luck Rafał Trzaskowski,” he said, adding a joint photo to the entry.
Among those supporting Rafał Trzaskowski there are also current MPs of the Civic Coalition – Alicja Łepkowska-Gołości, Dorota Łoboda, Paweł Bliźniuk, Krzysztof Truskolaski Whether Mariusz Witczak.
They support Radosław Sikorski
Radosław Sikorski's supporters include, among others Deputy Minister of Justice Arkadiusz Myrcha. “Hours spent on discussions about national and international politics. About the army and diplomacy. And also about our Kuyavian-Pomeranian region. Radek Sikorski, you can count on my vote and support in the presidential primaries,” he wrote, adding a photo together.
The senator also supports Sikorski Gabriela Morawska-Staneckaformer deputy speaker of this chamber. “He is a candidate whose experience in politics, diplomacy and international relations is invaluable at a time when Europe and the world are struggling with numerous crises,” she wrote.
“Of our two great candidates, I choose Radek Sikorski. I have known him for years. He never gives up. He fights for Poland's interests in Washington, Berlin and Kiev. Well received both in Wilanów and in Końskie. A candidate for a tough campaign. A president for tough times,” he wrote in turn, the KO MP Marcin Bosackiformer ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Canada.
Other KO MPs also declare support for Radosław Sikorski – Marta Golbik, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska and Roman Giertych.
The chairman of the Częstochowa City Council will also vote for Radosław Sikorski in the primary elections Łukasz Banaś.
Main photo source: Paweł Supernak/PAP