The Law and Justice party's candidate for Rzeszow mayor, MP Andrzej Szlachta, said Monday that his party's forecast for the upcoming local government elections is "more than 13 seats" in the 25-member city council.
"We are going to the elections with a very strong team. After twelve years we want to restore the majority in the legislative body of the city of Rzeszów. We forecast the result of over 13 seats, which will allow us to independently influence the most important decisions of Rzeszów self-government". - Szlachta said at a press conference on Monday.
He announced that PiS will present, among other things, a program to improve the city's transport system, it also wants to 'modernize education' and 'revive citizens' activity; the civic budget is not to be a propaganda budget, but a real influence on investments'. "We are going under the slogan +Rzeszów time for changes+" - Szlachta emphasized.
Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Marek Kuchcinski, who was present at the conference, pointed out that "Szlachta is the candidate of the entire great, united right wing and has a great chance to win the election."
He reminded that in Podkarpacie PiS put up its candidates for mayors "in all presidential cities" of the region, over 50 candidates for mayors and nearly 100 candidates for village heads.
The current Law and Justice MP, Andrzej Szlachta, was the mayor of Rzeszów between 1999 and 2002. In particular districts, the lists of this party are opened by: current councillors of Rzeszów, Robert Kultys and Waldemar Szumny, the director of the community school Grażyna Szarama and one of the youngest candidates, 27-year-old Marcin Fijołek.
In Rzeszów, the following candidates are competing for the mayor's seat: incumbent mayor Tadeusz Ferenc, who is running from his own electoral committee and is supported by, among others, the PO, the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL); Andrzej Szlachta, the former mayor of Rzeszów and a member of the Law and Justice party (PiS); Krzysztof Prendecki from the New Right Congress and Marta Niewczas, the leader of Twojego Ruch (Your Movement) in Podkarpacie.
In the local government elections in 2010. Ferenc won in the first round with 53.25% of the vote. The following runners-up in the mayoral election were then: Jerzy Cypryś (PiS) - 34.86 per cent, Andrzej Dec from PO - 7.59 per cent, Wiesław Walat (KWW Rzeszowianie Razem) - 2.77 per cent, Jerzy Maślanka (Electoral Committee Our House Rzeszów) - 1.53 per cent. In turn, to the city council four years ago, Tadeusz Ferenc's KWW "Rzeszów Development" introduced 11 councillors, PiS - 9 and PO - 5.
Source: PAP
