Kaczynski Dissolves Ruling Coalition, Early Elections Take Shape
By Diane Smith
15:21, August 13th 2007
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Kaczynski Dissolves Ruling Coalition, Early Elections Take Shape

Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski decided to dismiss ministers from two junior coalition parties on Monday and steer a minority government in the wake of a political crisis that could end with early elections.

Kaczynski’s decision left his Law and Justice (PiS) party to rule until this autumn, when elections are starting to take shape at the horizon. The premier admitted on Saturday that a new round of voting could take place on October 21.

“The work of the coalition has come to an end,” Kaczynski said.

The deputy prime minister and prominent leader of the League of Polish Families (LPR) Roman Giertych was among those dismissed on Monday, his seat following to be occupied by PiS member Ryszard Legutko.

Three other ministers from the LPR and Self-Defense (Samoobrona) were also sacked as a last step in the disablement of the governing coalition.

Now, the PiS control only 150 seats in the parliament’s lower house that has a total of 460 seats. It’s clear that Kaczynski’s government is left without any support from the parliament and will have to deal with the current situation until October, if the premier’s predictions turn out as planned.

Despite an economic growth, Poland has been gripped by a political scandal for the past months, Kaczynski deciding to dismiss Samoobrona leader and former deputy prime minister Andrzej Lepper last month for alleged implication in a corruption scandal.

Lepper’s firing has been followed shortly by others, the interior minister and other high-ranked officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBS) and national police losing their seats.

According to the latest poll conducted among Poles, the main and largest opposition party Civic Platform (PO) is in pole position for the elections, but it won’t be able to gather majority and Poland could end up being ruled by another coalition or a minority government.



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