Poland's prime minister on Tuesday requested the dismissal of the head of a junior coalition partner from government, a spokesman said, leaving the future of the administration uncertain as the alliance that has ruled since 2015 fell apart. Asked to comment on the decision, Gowin said it would effectively end the ruling coalition.
The United Right coalition has been wracked with tensions over the past year, but junior coalition partner Accord's criticisms of tax reforms contained in the government's flagship Polish Deal economic programme looked to have brought matters to a head. "Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki today asked President Andrzej Duda to dismiss Jarosław Gowin from the posts of deputy prime minister and the minister of development, labour and technology," Piotr Müller told a news conference. Müller said the United Right may still be able to command a majority in parliament even after Gowin's dismissal as some Accord lawmakers would support the government's reforms "I am convinced that there will be people in the United Right and in the rest of the Polish Parliament who will support the beneficial reforms that we have proposed," he said.
Gowin: this means the end of the ruling coalition
Later on Tuesday, Gowin told reporters the Accord party would decide about its politicians' presence in the United Right coalition on Wednesday.
"But we are all aware that my today's dismissal was a result of my adherence to the United Right's programme, a policy contradicted by many elements of the Polish Deal, especially those relating to taxes. This dismissal effectively breaks up the ruling coalition and ends the United Right," he said.
Gowin added that he found out he was fired in the media, which in his opinion "speaks volumes about a political culture, or maybe a political anti-culture, which has recently dominated our camp".
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