Polish Opposition Challenges Presidential Vote Result
July 16, 2020
Poland’s main opposition coalition on Thursday challenged the result of an election that returned to power President Andrzej Duda with backing from the populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party.
The Civic Platform (PO) party, whose candidate Rafal Trzaskowski narrowly lost the July 12 runoff vote, said an appeal had been lodged with the Supreme Court alleging irregularities and accusing TVP public television of bias.
“We have asked for the election to be declared invalid,” PO leader Borys Budka told reporters.