POLAND:The party of Poland's ruling Kaczynski twins is widening its lead ahead of an early election, boosting their chances of keeping a strong hold on power in the former communist country, opinion polls showed yesterday.
The combined support for opposition parties suggest the Kaczynskis' rivals may still have a better chance of forming a coalition government after the October 21st parliamentary election than the conservative Law and Justice party.
But if the rise in support continues for the ruling party's strong anti-corruption and nationalist message, it could well become the first to win a second term since the fall of communism in the EU member state of 38 million.
"The trend is clear today," said Marek Migalski, an analyst from Silesia University. "Law and Justice is gaining all the time and the question now is how long it can keep it up . . . It is very likely that they will win once again."
One survey published yesterday gave a lead of five points to the party of prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his brother Lech, the president, over the centre-right Civic Platform, which is favoured by markets for its pro-business policies.
According to the PBS DGA poll, Law and Justice would get 192 seats in the 460-strong parliament with 37 per cent of votes while Civic Platform would win 152 seats.