Self-Defence and LPR to back the government in today's confidence vote

This means that they have added 56 and 32 votes respectively to Law and Justice's (PiS) 154 votes. Therefore, the total number of supporting votes is currently 242, which is 11 above the required minimum. This means that the government can formally begin its work. The support from the parties came as a surprise to most journalists as both leaders earlier said they will make the decision after the Prime Minister presents his programme. The main question of the conference therefore was, what was the price of the deal. Giertych will become the head of the Sejm Commission for Special Services. Lepper's party will head three commissions: sport, environment and social politics. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.K.