PM salutes Rokita for backing a PiS mayor candidate

"The worst thing is that deputy Rokita is publicly lying, when supporting Terlecki in the name of the PO in Kraków. Our stand was clear, we do not support any candidate," said PO's candidate for the position, Tomasz Szczypinski. PO deputies claim that Rokita is loyal to Terlecki, and since he failed to convince local PO authorities to support Terlecki, he has done so on his own. It is still unknown what will be the consequences of this decision. Rokita's defection to PiS is very unlikely due to the recent conflicts between the politician and PiS. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski praised Rokita for supporting Terlecki and called this decision an "act of political courage." (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.