Closed cabinet
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, the country's potential next Prime Minister, was keeping his new cabinet details to himself, and also said that the country would have to wait until after the presidential elections for the details of the new coalition's economic policy.
Marcinkiewicz is set to be Poland's next Prime Minister, but critics of Law and Justice (PiS) say his nomination was little more than window dressing to help Lech Kaczyński in the presidential race.
Although PiS is expected to form a coalition with Civic Platform, coalition negotiations slowed to a crawl ahead of the bitterly fought presidential election. Senior Civic Platform official Bronisław Komorowski said the coalition's economic policy will also probably be discussed after the presidential race ends, signaling a deal between the two had left on hold all talks on the most thorny issues.
"We should tackle the most difficult issues, linked to money and the economic program, only after the ongoing presidential campaign," Komorowski told Tok FM.
President Aleksander Kwaniewski said he would nominate Marcinkiewicz as Prime Minister on October 19. Marcinkiewicz would then have two weeks in which to call and win a confidence vote in parliament to remain in power. (Reuters)
