Deputy PM sparks constitutional row

19th June 2009

Mischief-making? Schetyna’s comments raise questions about his motives

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Constitutional controversy broke out in the Polish media this week over the question of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s future.

According to comments made by Deputy PM Grzegorz Schetyna in an interview with Newsweek and RMF FM, if Tusk were to run for president in the election due next year, he could consider remaining as leader of the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party.

“It is hardly imaginable but still possible for the incumbent prime minister, Donald Tusk, to combine the positions of president and party leader,” Schetyna said, adding “Lech Kaczyński's presidency has been extremely partisan, which in a way justifies such a scenario. We have all seen how Mr Kaczynski became involv ...

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