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WARSAW, Poland - The final results of the Polish election were out late on Tuesday and these show that the conservative Law and Justice party has registered a resounding triumph.
Announcing the results, State Electoral Commission said that the Law and Justice Party had polled 27 percent of the vote, while the Civic Platform had garnered 24 percent of the vote. The high levels of unemployment in the country as well as the rampant corruption were responsible for the Democratic Left Alliance's loss.
The Alliance managed to poll only 11 percent of the vote down from the phenomenal 41 percent four years ago. It is widely expected that Law and Justice would begin talking to Civic Platform on the formation of a coalition government. Even though the final tally was expected only later on Tuesday, the percentage projections confirm that the two parties hold 274 seats in the Polish parliament's 460-member lower house.
Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski told a press conference that the party would name their leader shortly, "At 6 p.m. or perhaps several minutes later we will announce the name of our candidate for prime minister," he said. Jaroslaw and his identical twin Lech Kaczynski have emerged big winners in this election though no party has the clear majority. "We are ready to talk about everything, with the exception maybe of the Justice Ministry," Jaroslaw Kaczynski said. This is because his brother held the post from 2000 to 2001 in the previous government.
The Law and Justice leader also said that just because they are twins, people should not undermine them, "You are trying to put us on the spot because we are twins. Poland faces tough tasks and you ... only want to make your road to the presidency easier," Jaroslaw told Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk. However, the coalition may not be smooth as the arties disagree on a number of things such as a 15 percent flat rate tax promised by the Platform.
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on : Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:40 GMT | General News
By : Chris Rowe
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