The swearing-in ceremony is slated for 4:30 pm CET at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, with a two-week window following the appointment for Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to obtain a vote of confidence in the Sejm.
In an interview with national broadcaster TVP Info, Polish presidential aide Wojciech Kolarski also emphasized that President Andrzej Duda is ensuring adherence to all constitutional deadlines in the appointment process of the Council of Ministers.
Constitutional rules mandate the President to appoint the Council of Ministers no later than November 27. Once appointed, the Prime Minister has two weeks to present an exposé and seek the confidence of the Sejm.
If, as anticipated, Morawiecki's government fails to secure an absolute majority, the Sejm lower house of parliament will proceed to elect a new Prime Minister.
Poland to appoint new gov't
Poles elected a new set of 460 MPs and 100 senators when they went to the ballot box last month.
The Polish president this month named Morawiecki, who has led Poland's government since 2017, as prime minister-designate, tasking him with forming a new Cabinet.
The ruling conservative Law and Justice party won Poland's October 15 election, but lost its parliamentary majority and looks unlikely to stay in power for a third consecutive term.
Meanwhile, opposition leader Donald Tusk has already chosen most candidates for ministerial roles in his future Cabinet, according to the Rzeczpospolita newspaper.
Hołownia told reporters on Friday that "all the names of the members of Donald Tusk's future government have been agreed on," the PAP news agency reported.
A bloc of opposition parties led by Tusk's Civic Coalition last week secured a resounding victory in Poland's new parliament during its first key vote to elect a house Speaker.
On November 10, these opposition groups, which also include the rural-based Polish People's Party (PSL), the centre-right Poland 2050 group and the Left party, signed an agreement to form a coalition government, pledging to restore the rule of law, promote green energy and relax abortion rules, among other policies.
Tusk was Poland's prime minister from 2007 to 2014.
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Source: IAR