Scheduled for Sunday’s presidential elections in Poland, a clear favorite of which was the incumbent head of state Andrzej Duda, will not take place within the prescribed period due to pandemic coronavirus. A new date for the vote may announce next week — presumably elections will be held in June. Moreover, as decided on Thursday, the Polish Sejm, the voters will vote by mail without visiting the polling stations. However, the situation forces the postponement of the vote is unlikely to impact — according to sociologists, Andrzej Duda can only strengthen their advantage.Next Sunday in Poland had to go through a presidential election. Their winner, apparently, would be the current head of state 47-year-old Andrzej Duda — conservative and ally of former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s party “law and justice” (IPR). According to the survey, the results of which were published this week, to vote for him were ready from 54% to 64% voters. But to win in the first round would be enough to overcome the barrier of 50% of the votes.The mood of many voters and improved as facilitate quarantine measures: from April 20 the poles were allowed to go for walks in parks and forests this week partially opened hotels and shopping centres, crèches and kindergartens. Given that in the last days the number of sick was lower among those who were discharged from hospitals, the impression was that the authorities control the situation with the spread of the virus.Meanwhile, since the beginning of the epidemic in Poland was infected by a coronavirus almost 15 thousand people died 737 people. In these circumstances, the Republic is not the first week we discussed: to conduct elections on may 10 or not? The solution seemed to be found when the party Pis Jaroslaw Kaczynski submitted to the Sejm of Poland the law on the possibility for all citizens to vote in the elections of the President of the remotely — through the mail. However, to coordinate the necessary legal framework in Poland simply does not have time: up to 5 may, the Senate blocked the relevant amendments to the election code. Moreover, the political debate did not have time to organize and conduct a “normal” election. “Everything points to the fact that the may 10 elections will not take place. This is the opinion of the head of the electoral Commission”,— said on Wednesday the head of the office of the Prime Minister of Poland Michal dvorchik. On the same day, the Senate urged the government to “immediately introduce in Poland the situation of natural disasters” — this would formally postpone the election.The leaders of the parties “law and justice” and “Consent” Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Jaroslaw Gowing agreed that the elections on 10 may, de facto, will not be held. When will be held may 10 election will be declared invalid and “the speaker of the Sejm (lower house of Parliament.— “B”) will announce a new presidential election for the next comingcould the term,”— said in a joint statement, IPRs and “Consent” released on Wednesday evening. It is also noted that, “given the epidemiological situation”, “the elections will take place via e-mail”. The corresponding law adopted on Thursday, overcoming a veto from the Senate, the Sejm of Poland. Now the document will go to the President for signature.After the Supreme court formally recognized that the elections, which will not hold, did not take place, a new date of the vote could be scheduled in June. According to opinion polls, if elections are held by mail in the near future, the chances of President Duda to remain in power will only increase.Galina Dudina
