PO boasts of six candidates for chairman

Bogdan Zdrojewski, Bartosz Arłukowicz, Borys Budka, Joanna Mucha, Tomasz Siemoniak, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz – these are six candidates for the chairman of the Civic Platform (PO), who submitted their candidates by Friday. On Friday at midnight the deadline for nominating candidates for the chairman of the Civic Platform passed. The head of the electoral commission, Łukasz Abgarowicz, informed that a total of five candidates had been submitted, and one – Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz – is "on the way" because it was sent by post.

At the end of January, Grzegorz Schetyna's four-year term as head of the party expires. Schetyna announced on Friday that he would not run for the position of the head of the Platform again. He recommended the current deputy chairman of the Civic Platform Tomasz Siemoniak for this function.

Pursuant to the December resolution of the PO National Council, the first round of elections to the head of the PO will be held on January 25, and a second, if necessary, on February 8.

(PAP)