Several MPs from the Polish People’s Party (PSL) and Poland 2050 say they are unwilling to back the vote of confidence in the government that Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. The news site Niezależna.pl confirmed this in conversations with lawmakers from the parties led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Szymon Hołownia.
During an internal strategy session, PSL and Poland 2050 politicians voiced sharp doubts about Tusk’s initiative.
“They called it a very bad idea that adds nothing,” one senior PSL figure told the portal. “If nothing changes, they will either stay away from the vote or abstain. I myself have serious reservations. First we should see a concrete policy proposal—what the government intends to do for Poland, what its priorities are. Only then should we vote.”
Calls for concrete decisions
The mood is similarly cool in Poland 2050.
“This isn’t any sort of ‘new opening.’ Even those who keep quiet know it’s not the right move,” a party insider said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if several of us break ranks—unless, before then, we nail down firm commitments: what exactly we’re doing and how we unite the coalition around tangible actions everyone accepts.”
So far, the most public rebuke has come from PSL’s veteran MP and senior marshal, Marek Sawicki.
“If Tusk wants a vote of confidence, let him table a constructive vote of no confidence and change the prime minister,” Sawicki told reporters on the Monday after the election. “If the horse won’t pull, you swap the horse, not give it a lighter cart.”
Countdown to 11 June
The day after Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the presidential election, Prime Minister Tusk announced he would seek a confidence vote. On Tuesday he said the Sejm will consider the motion on Wednesday, 11 June.
Coalition leaders met on Monday. Poland 2050 chief Szymon Hołownia said he persuaded the prime minister to “wait a little” before filing the motion, “until we can show not only that we have a majority in the Sejm, but that we’re ready to deliver a new quality.”
And so the vote-counting continues…