Sejm picks Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska as new Speaker

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, the outgoing government spokeswoman and member of Civic Platform was chosen on Thursday morning as new Sejm Speaker, as Radosław Sikorski resigned two days ago. As many as 244 MP voted for election of Kidawa-Błońska, 43 put their bet on her rival, Senior Speaker Jerzy Wenderlich, a member of the Democratic Left Alliance. "I am very thankful for this honor, for choosing me, for having trust in me. ... I hope these four months will stretch a long time and we will be able to legislate lots of positive laws," Kidawa-Błońska said after the result was announced. Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska had served as Secretary of State and the government spokeswoman in Donald Tusk's administration since January 2014 to September 2014. She come back to the post in January this year. Kidawa-Błońska is also a deputy president of Civic Platform.