Ex-banker Mateusz Morawiecki Proposed As Poland's New PM

Poland's governing rightwing party on Thursday chose finance minister and ex-banker Mateusz Morawiecki to replace outgoing Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, as the administration focuses more on the economy

Warsaw, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 08th Dec, 2017 ) :Poland's governing rightwing party on Thursday chose finance minister and ex-banker Mateusz Morawiecki to replace outgoing Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, as the administration focuses more on the economy.

PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the country's most powerful politician and the man believed to be calling all the shots, had also been one of the figures tipped to replace Szydlo. Earlier Thursday, Szydlo survived a no-confidence motion in parliament tabled by the liberal opposition, only for her party to later announce her resignation.

PiS party spokeswoman, Beata Mazurek later told reporters that its "political committee has proposed the candidature of ex-banker Mateusz Morawiecki for prime minister.

" Szydlo is due to stay on as a deputy prime minister.

She is expected to formally tender her resignation to PiS-allied President Andrzej Duda on Friday, while the PiS-controlled parliament could approve Morawiecki's new administration by Tuesday, according to media reports.

Further changes to the government are due in January, senior party officials added. Opposition leaders however insist that party leader Kaczynski would still remain fully in charge behind the scenes.

"Regardless of whether Mateusz Morawiecki or Beata Szydlo will govern, all decisions will still be made at the PiS party headquaters," Katarzyny Lubnauer, leader of the liberal 'Modern' opposition party, told reporters.