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Polish gov’t resigns to make way for new Cabinet

12.11.2019 21:45
Poland’s government resigned on Tuesday in line with constitutional rules in a step designed to make way for a new Cabinet weeks after a parliamentary election.
The outgoing Polish Cabinet during the farewell ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on Tuesday evening.
The outgoing Polish Cabinet during the farewell ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw on Tuesday evening.Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak

Conservative Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his Cabinet ministers formally stepped down, and President Andrzej Duda accepted their resignation during a ceremony in Warsaw in the late evening.

At the same time, Duda entrusted Morawiecki with continuing in his duties until a new government is formed, state news agency PAP reported.

Earlier in the day, Morawiecki tendered the resignation of his Cabinet at the first session of the country’s new parliament.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks at the first session of the lower house of Poland’s new parliament on Tuesday. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks at the first session of the lower house of Poland’s new parliament on Tuesday. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

Morawiecki last week unveiled the lineup of his new Cabinet, which is expected to be sworn in by the president and receive a vote of confidence in parliament later this month.

Morawiecki's ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, allied with two smaller groupings in a United Right coalition, won Poland's October 13 parliamentary election and secured a second term in power.

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Source: TVP Info, PAP