Another photograph on his wall shows the mayor with Andrzej Duda, the Law and Justice stalwart who was elected president in 2015. Yet the Law and Justice party continues to poll close to 20 points ahead of Civic Platform, the liberal coalition of parties that lost power in 2015. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Law and Justice party chairman Jarosław Kaczyński greets nuns in Warsaw. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesBy the standards of the Polish church, Father Jacek Prusak, a Jesuit priest and professor at the Ignatian Academy in Kraków, could be considered a turbulent priest. Photograph: Wojciech Kryński/FORUM/AlamyBut opposition parties seeking to oust Law and Justice from office find themselves faced with an uncomfortable truth.

Source: The Guardian October 05, 2019 15:21 UTC