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Polish President Komorowski concedes to Duda in election

WARSAW, Poland — Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski conceded defeat in the county’s presidential election Sunday after an exit poll showed him trailing Andrzej Duda, a previously little-known right-wing politician. If the exit poll is confirmed by official results, which are due Monday, it marks a significant blow to the ruling Civic Platform party ahead of more important parliamentary elections this year. Duda belongs to the Law and Justice party of former prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a right-wing party that mixes traditional national values like Catholicism with calls for a stronger state role in the economy. The party ran the government from 2005 to 2007 and the presidency from 2005 to 2010, until the late President Lech Kaczynski, the party chairman’s twin brother, was killed in a plane crash in Russia. Polish presidents have fewer powers than prime ministers and their governments, but the president does represent the nation internationally and helps set a political and moral tone at home.

 

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