Petru resigns as the Nowoczesna parliamentary club chief

The leader of the opposition party Nowoczesna, Ryszard Petru has stepped down from the post of the head of the grouping's parliamentary caucus. The club will be headed by the party's spokeswoman Katarzyna Lubnauer. “Today, at my request, the Nowoczesna club decided to split the function of party leader and head of the parliamentary club,” Petru said. Ryszard Petru will remain party leader and will focus on the upcoming local elections. Nowoczesna, which was founded a few months before the last parliamentary elections, by Petru has seen a strong dip in approval ratings, barely hovering above the 5 percent threshold. The party has also lost 4 MPs, who defected to Civic Platform after being unhappy with Petru leadership.