Civic Platform decides candidates for September parliamentary election

Civic Platform (PO), Poland's second most popular political party with support from around 14% of the electorate, has ended its preliminary election for Sejm candidates. More than 69,000 party members voted for 411 candidates to stand in the September election. Of the candidates, 16% are women, 1% are civil servants, 6% are current members of parliament, and 41% are local governments representatives. PO leaders Andrzej Olechowski, Donald Tusk and Maciej Plazynski will confirm the final list of candidates, and present it to a party convention on July 8. (Zycie, p. 6, Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 12, Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.K.