Discussion on the pre-election situation in Poland

After a controversial postponement of the presidential elections in Poland in May, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Poles will be going to the polls this Sunday. The right-wing ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), candidate, President Andrzej Duda, is currently in the lead and will most likely go into a second round of voting, scheduled for July 12th, facing a candidate from the opposition.

Professors Elzbieta Matynia and Jeffrey Goldfarb asked Dr. Jacek Kucharczyk, President of the Executive Board of the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw, to talk about the current situation and what is at stake, before the first round of voting.

Read the full interview in Democracy Seminar on Public Seminar, here: https://publicseminar.org/essays/elections-2020/