• Poles eager to soak politicians on ‘Wet Monday’
  • 25.04.2011
Jaroslaw Kaczynski could count on a proper soaking, according to the Homo Homini poll.
For Easter Monday and the tradition of ‘Smigus Dyngus’, a new survey reveals that apart from passers-by or family members, Poles wouldn’t mind giving top-ranking politicians a soaking either.


The Homo Homini poll shows that as many as 31 percent of respondents would like to douse Law and Justice opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, with 17.5 percent of Poles opting for the current Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.

Former maverick Civic Platform MP Janusz Palikot would get a soaking from 8 percent of respondents, with leftist leader Grzegorz Napieralski promised a drenching by 3.5 percent of those polled.

Meanwhile, President Bronislaw Komorowski could count on being inundated by 1.7 percent of Easter Monday revellers.

Former President Aleksander Kwasniewski, current Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and populist leader Andrzej Lepper would remain dry as a bone, according to the poll.

The poll was undertaken by telephone on 21 April on a representative group of 1,100 Poles. (jb)

Source: IAR