Poland 2050 has a new leader. Hennig-Kloska: We have to regain trust

On Sunday, the head of the Ministry of Environment and Environment, Paulina Hennig-Kloska, congratulated the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, who was elected as the chairwoman of Poland 2050. We have hard work ahead of us to regain the voters' trust, Hennig-Kloska noted.

On Saturday, the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, won the repeated second round of elections for the president of Poland 2050. She was supported by 350 out of 659 voting party members. 309 people voted for her rival – the head of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Paulina Hennig-Kloska.

“Katarzyna, congratulations! The most important thing is that the electoral process in our party is over. We have hard work ahead of us to regain the voters' trust,” Hennig-Kloska wrote on Sunday on the X platform.

The politician thanked all members of Poland 2050 who took part in Saturday's elections.

She expressed special thanks to the 309 people who voted for her. “This trust will guide me in my work in the coming months,” she added.

The first attempt to hold the second round of elections for the president of Poland 2050 took place on January 12. Lasting until The 22nd vote, which was conducted online, was invalidated due to technical problems. The decision to repeat the second round of elections was made on Monday, January 19, by the National Council of Poland 2050.

To avoid mistakes made in the vote conducted on January 12, it was decided to use a different IT system. According to PAP's findings, two-stage verification was necessary to cast a vote. As one of the activists told PAP, the selected program is used, among others, by some State Treasury companies.

Events related to the elections in Poland 2050 were widely commented on in the media. They referred to, among others: leaders of the parties forming the ruling coalition. Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Ministry of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (PSL) wished the coalition partners “to get this situation under control.” He emphasized that “there is no Poland 2050 without Szymon Hołownia.” He added that it was the current chairman who “introduced all these people into parliament, into the government.”

Five of its members ran for the leadership of the party after Szymon Hołownia in the first round of elections – in addition to Pełczyńska-Nałęcz and Hennig-Kloska, there were also members of parliament – Ryszard Petru, Joanna Mucha and Rafał Kasprzyk. Hołownia, the current leader and founder of Poland 2050, in September last year announced that he would not run for the position of party chairman again. Previously, the party's authorities were elected at the beginning of 2023 for a 3-year term, so their term of office expired in January and elections for both the chairman and the National Council had to be organized. (PAP)

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