In 7-8 days, I will present members of the new Council of Minister and it will be up to the Sejm to decide if the new government is formed or not - Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday (Nov. 16) after an informal meeting of EU states' leaders in Croatia's capital city of Zagreb.
After an informal meeting of EU leaders in Zagreb on Thursday, prime minister Morawiecki was asked if he would attend the European Council summit in December.
"We will see. The process of forming new government is, of course, ongoing. In 7-8 days, I will present members of the new Council of Minister and it will be up to the Sejm to decide if the new government is formed or not," Morawiecki said.
Morawiecki with mission to form govt
Poland's newly elected parliament held an inaugural session on Monday, November 13.
As tradition and the constitution dictate, during the first session of the new Sejm, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki dismissed his outgoing cabinet.
In the new Polish parliament, the coalition formed between former democratic opposition parties is able to muster a majority of 248 MPs out of the total of 460.
Despite the fact that Civic Coalition, Third Way, and New Left have expressed readiness to form a coalition cabinet, President Andrzej Duda has decided to entrust Mateusz Morawiecki with a mission to create the new government.
14 days for new cabinet and 14 days for exposé and confidence vote
Therefore, Morawiecki has been 14 days to form a new cabinet, while the president has to approve it within that same fortnight.
The prime minister will then have another two weeks to present his new cabinet to the Sejm and ask for a vote of confidence.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, tvn24.pl, PAP