Petru sets up new political initiative

One of the opposition leaders, Ryszard Petru announced his new political initiative called Plan Petru. “Currently, none of the pro-European and pro-democratic political groups has a chance to win. We will only win together. The day of taking over the government can not be the beginning of the discussion. We must be ready for it today,” he said announcing his decision. According to Petru, his plan was set up as a counterpoint to PM’s Mateusz Morawiecki plan aimed at boosting Polish economy, and also shouldn’t be seen as a further fragmentation of opposition, but rather “as a chance to unite it.” “In the name of the good of the nation, we must stop the dismantling of Polish democracy,” explained Petru. At the same time, he assured that his association would not be a "new political force". He also stressed that he will remain in Nowoczesna. He plans to co-create joint program of all opposition parties, which will draw elements from the individual proposals of each of them. According to Petru, Civic Platform (PO) has already agreed to participate, however, Petru’s current party, has not yet commented on the issue. Ryszard Petru, a former banker, launched his Nowoczesna party before last parliamentary elections, winning 7.6 percent of the votes. He was replaced as its leader in November last year, losing the party’s elections to Katarzyna Lubnauer.