WARSAW, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Polish government plans to hold presidential elections on June 28 as a later date is precluded due to the expiry date of the current presidential term, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday.
"We want to fulfil our constitutional obligations and conduct these elections in line with the constitution and today we plan to do that on June 28," Morawiecki was quoted by the Polish Press Agency as saying.
"A later date would not be indicated because afterwards, on August 6, the president's term ends and later dates that result from the law would mean that announcing the final results or approval of the elections by the Supreme Court would stretch beyond the deadline," he said.
On the matter of when the State Electoral Commission (PKW) would publish a resolution concerning the elections, the prime minister said analysis were being conducted as to the best time to publish such a resolution.
The PKW stated that in presidential elections scheduled for May 10 there was no possibility to vote and that the Sejm (lower house of the parliament) speaker would announce a new date within 14 days of the resolution being published. Enditem
