October 21 is set to be Donald Tusk's judgement day

If the party fails to win the ballot, it will mark Tusk's third defeat within the four years he has been leading the party. "We cannot be in opposition all the time," claim PO deputies, who say that a change of leader is unavoidable if PO loses. Jacek Bachlaski, a PO Senator revealed that Tusk has already promised to step down if elections do not go as planned. However, even if PO wins the elections, it will have to find a coalition partner in order to form a government. A sizable share of the PO are against a coalition with Left and the Democrats (LiD), which means that in such a case they could leave the party or demand that Tusk steps down. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.K.