Polish PM survives vote of confidence over bugging scandal
June 26, 2014 03:53
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has survived a vote of confidence in his coalition amid a high-profile bugging scandal that has prompted calls for his centre-right government to resign.
Tusk's two-party governing coalition scored backing from 237 MPs yesterday, with 203 against and no abstentions in the 460-member parliament in the vote, which he called after leaked exchanges between top officials whipped up a political storm in this central European heavyweight.
"Without this mandate, I will not be effective, the government will not be able to clarify the bugging affair in a satisfactory manner and keep a handle on state interests," he told parliament after requesting the vote.
The Polish news magazine Wprost first dropped a bomb when it released a secret recording of the central bank chief purportedly telling the interior minister he would support the government's economic policy if the then finance minister resigned.
The weekly has since released transcripts of other juicy exchanges, including one in which Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski allegedly calls Poland's US ties "worthless" and blasts British Prime Minister David Cameron as "incompetent on EU affairs".
TOP STORIES
© 2024 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances