Sejm picks Małgorzata Kidawa-Błonska as new Speaker

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, the outgoing government spokeswoman and the member of Civic Platform was chosen on Thursday morning a 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 mamber of SLD. "I am very thankful for this honor, for choosing me, for that you have trusted me. ... I hope these four months will be a long time and we will make it to carry out lots of good laws," Kidawa-Błońska said after the result was announced. Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska served as the 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.