Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a request for a vote of trust in his first post -election speech. He emphasized then that the government's action plan with the new president “will require unity and courage from the entire coalition on October 15“The first test – as he said at the time – will be a vote of trust for the government.
According to the constitution, within 14 days of the president's appointment by the President, the Prime Minister presents the program of the Council of Ministers to the Sejm with a request to grant it a vote of trust. The vote of trust, the Sejm adopts an absolute majority of votes in the presence of at least half of the statutory number of deputies.
The prime minister may also ask the Sejm to express a vote of trust to the Council of Ministers at any time of his office. The vote of trust then occurs on slightly different principles, because the usual majority of votes in the presence of at least half of the statutory number of deputies.
The lack of support from the Sejm for the application for a vote of trust obliges the prime minister to resign for the president.
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After the Thursday meeting of coalition leaders, the Speaker of the Sejm and the Polish leader 2050 announced that during the meeting provided for Monday in the same format, the Prime Minister will present the coalition partners a sketch of their expose and will work on it together. Hołownia said that they want a vote to be a new opening in the ruling coalition.
