The Polish government announced May 10 the scheduled elections
Warsaw … News Time
In view of the risks to public health due to coronavirus worldwide, all activities and elections scheduled this year have been postponed indefinitely. However, despite the increasing risks of the virus globally, the Polish government announced May 10 the scheduled elections. Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland and the strongest candidate for the election, said that if people can go to the shop in the current situation, they can go to the polling stations. According to a poll, 77% of Polish people supported the postponement of elections in the current situation, where experts believe that holding a clean and transparent election is impossible in the current situation. In Poland, a petition on social media to postpone elections is also gaining in popularity, with over 27,000 people signed up so far.
Sylwia, a social activist and lawyer on social media in Poland, said that when people have to choose between health and voting, it is difficult to talk about free and fair elections. Currently 20% of Poland’s elections are due in May, and two days ago, the country’s ruling party, the Law and Justice Party, requested the introduction of a universal postal voting legislation. But under Polish law, any amendment to the election rules can be made at least 6 months before the election. And the opposition has called the move a serious violation of the rules. If this legislation goes into effect, two million Polish citizens from other countries will be able to vote in the early part of the elections due to global flight restrictions and border closures. People have risked the spread of coronavirus if elections are held and many people say that in the current situation, they may not risk voting.
Malgorzata Kanicka, a Polish citizen living in France, said, “I may go to the polls but my family will not be able to go because my father is a doctor and in the current situation, he needs more in the hospital.” However, he also cited the virus outbreak, saying that regional elections were held in France a few weeks ago. And since then the number of virus victims has doubled in France, I don’t want to be the same in Poland. In the current situation, all the election members have launched an online campaign, but last Sunday, the country’s main opposition leader, Malgorzata Kanicka, canceled his campaign and demanded the public to boycott the vote. On the contrary, the President of the country Duda (Andrzej Duda) has been campaigning in Zoroastrians and recently in a speech on television also demanded the people to participate in the elections and vote. It is clear that 2420 people have been diagnosed with the virus in Poland so far, while 36 have been killed so far. However, health experts expressed concern over the statistics of the affected people, saying that because of the low number of tests being conducted in the country, it would be wrong to say that fewer people are infected with the virus in the country. Remember that Poland has the lowest number of tests compared to other countries in the world.
