Speaker mulls a run for office
Last month, the Speaker of the Sejm and Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) member Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz announced that he had opted not to run for President of Poland, though opinion polls at the time had put him in second place, behind Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczyński of the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS).
However, the former Prime Minister has now said that he is in fact considering a running for office.
"I am considering running in the presidential campaign ... but I don't see a sensational change in this matter," said Cimoszewicz, adding: "I am deeply concerned about how I should react to calls from several political circles as well as members of the public encouraging me to run."
Earlier, current President and close ally of Cimoszewicz, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, revealed that he had been one of those urging his former Foreign Minister to make his bid.
However, the former Prime Minister has now said that he is in fact considering a running for office.
"I am considering running in the presidential campaign ... but I don't see a sensational change in this matter," said Cimoszewicz, adding: "I am deeply concerned about how I should react to calls from several political circles as well as members of the public encouraging me to run."
Earlier, current President and close ally of Cimoszewicz, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, revealed that he had been one of those urging his former Foreign Minister to make his bid.
