PiS Chairman Kaczyński announced candidates for mayors of major cities

Law and Justice has announced the candidates for mayors of the 18 largest cities in Poland. The local elections will be held in autumn. Partyk Jaki will run for mayor of the capital city of Warsaw where he will challenge major candidate of the opposition, Rafał Trzaskowski from Civic Platform. In Kraków, the United Right has chosen the head of the Amber Gold affair committee, Małgorzata Wassermann.

The Law and Justice political committee has convened on Thursday and made final decisions regarding the candidates for mayors of 18 largest cities. Among those present during the meeting, were chairman Kaczyński, prime minister Morawiecki, speaker of the Sejm Kuchciński, speaker of the Senate Karczewski and the former PM Beata Szydło.

Moreover, the leaders of the parties comprising the United Right coalition are said to have met last week and confirmed the candidates. All three, including the leader of United Poland, Zbigniew Ziobro and the leader of Alliance, Jarosław Gowin, were present during the presentation on Thursday.

The first round of local elections may take place on one of the three possible Sundays: 21 October, 28 October or 4 November 2018. Poles will choose local, district and city mayors, as well as borough and county councils, and regional assembly members.

List of candidates supported by Law and Justice:

Białystok - Jacek Żalek

Bydgoszcz - Tomasz Latos

Gdańsk - Kacper Płażyński

Gorzów Wielkopolski - Sebastian Pieńkowski

Katowice - Marcin Krupa (current mayor)

Kielce - Wojciech Lubawski (current mayor)

Kraków - Małgorzata Wassermann

Lublin - Sylwester Tułajew

Łódź - Waldemar Buda

Olsztyn - Michał Wypij

Opole - Violetta Porowska