Sikorski chosen Sejm speaker

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Radosław Sikorski was elected Sejm speaker at the Wednesday sitting of Poland’s lower house of parliament. His candidacy received support from 233 MPs, while 143 voted against him and 62 abstained. Sikorski will replace Ewa Kopacz, who has been named Poland’s new prime minster. Elżbieta Radziszewska was elected deputy speaker. She succeeds Cezary Grabarczyk, who became minister of justice in the Kopacz cabinet. The newly-elected speaker of the Sejm told MPs that enforcing the Polish family and increasing the country’s military security should be the priorities for the time remaining until the end of the  parliament’s term. He also stressed that the public’s trust toward parliament is very low. In order to change that, MPs should demonstrate that the country’s good is what is most important to them and that they work in order to solve problems, Sikorski said.