The result spells the end of Mateusz Morawiecki’s government and his six-year rule
The Polish parliament on Monday successfully passed a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Of the 456 MPs who voted, only 190 backed the premier.
The no-confidence vote comes after Morawiecki’s right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party lost a general election in mid-October. A broad coalition of pro-EU parties, led by former Polish prime minister and ex- European Council president Donald Tusk, claimed a parliamentary majority in the vote.
PiS has already conceded defeat, with party president Jaroslaw Kaczynski blaming the outcome of the no-confidence vote on a broader ‘smear campaign’ against the group.
“The prime minister achieved great successes for our government,” Kaczynski asserted after the vote. “I think there was a social misunderstanding, but that’s democracy. We accept it, but we will fight. The campaign against PiS has convinced a significant part of our society that the imaginary reality is real.”
He also appeared to hint at potential external meddling in Morawiecki’s downfall, stating that his “dream” was for Poland to have politicians who do not act “for the benefit of foreign countries.”
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