In Poland, Schrdinger's election
Source: Politico
WARSAW — Is it an election if no one votes?
That's the Zen riddle that Poland will be grappling with over the weekend thanks to a presidential election scheduled for Sunday that isn't being called off but also won't happen.
Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and Poland's de facto ruler, issued a statement late Wednesday saying that the May 10 vote will be annulled once the Supreme Court certifies that the election didn't happen, and that the speaker of parliament will then set a new date for a postal-only vote.
It's a relief to opposition candidates who feared being trounced by incumbent Andrzej Duda, and to the European Commission and international organizations, which had become increasingly alarmed at the headlong rush to hold a vote on Sunday despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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