WARSAW: Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski’s (pix) shock setback in the first round of the presidential election spells serious trouble for the governing liberals just months ahead of the parliamentary polls.
The 62-year-old incumbent conceded defeat late Sunday to Andrzej Duda – a 42-year-old lawyer backed by the Law and Justice (PiS) conservative opposition party – whom he will face in the May 24 run-off vote.
Official results painted a grim picture for Komorowski, who had been the frontrunner in pre-election opinion polls and is close to the centrist Civic Platform (PO) that has governed central Europe’s largest economy since 2007.
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Source: theSun
