Former prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and president Lech Walesa have expressed their support for Bronislaw Komorowski in the presidential elections, scheduled for June 20.

Over sixty well-known politicians, public figures, actors and sportsmen, have formed a committee in support of Civic Platform’s candidate for president, Bronislaw Komorowski.

“An honorary committee will be the crème de la crème of the Polish society,” a member of Komorowski’s electoral staff told the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper.

So far Bronislaw Komorowski  - well ahead of rivals in opinion polls - has received support from Solidarity leaders who initiated democratic transformation in Poland, inclformer PM Tadeusz Mazowiecki and President Lech Walesa and former foreign minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski. Apart from political back-up, Komorowski has also received support from celebrities such as actor Daniel Olbrychski and four-time Olympic champion in race walking Robert Korzeniowski. 

Other candidates in the June 20 election include former prime minister Jaroslaw  Kaczynski, leader of SLD Grzegorz Napieralski and PSL’s Waldemar Pawlak. (mg/pg)