Poland's conservative president Andrzej Duda has promised to protect traditional Polish values against LGBT rights after a first-round presidential election that gave him the most votes but forced him into a runoff. Nearly complete results from Sunday's balloting show that Mr Duda, who is backed by the populist ruling Law and Justice party, won nearly 44pc of the votes. Whether or not Mr Duda wins will determine whether Law and Justice keeps its near-monopoly on power. On state radio on Monday morning, Mr Duda stressed how his values line up with those of Mr Bosak, calling same-sex marriage "alien" and depicting Mr Trzaskowski as left-wing. Earlier this month, Mr Duda said the LGBT rights movement promotes a viewpoint more dangerous than communism.

Source: Irish Independent June 29, 2020 20:48 UTC