Poland’s former vice-prime minister, Roman Giertych, has said that his favoured candidate for an interim prime minister – sacked interior minister Janusz Kaczmarek – has withdrawn his canditure for the post.

Giertych’s party, League of Polish Families (LPR) – alongside Andrzej Lepper’s Self defense party – had favoured an interim government before any elections took place in Poland. Both Giertych and Lepper had put forward the name of Kaczmarek for that post, after he was dismissed from the government in connection with a corruption scandal.

Roman Giertych told Polish Radio 1 in an interview this morning that he would submit Kaczmarek’s resignation to the speaker of the parliament today.

When asked how he would vote in the dissolution motion before parliament today, which would put an end to the government and trigger a snap election in Poland, Giertych said: "I think I’ll abstain".

There will be no discipline among the LPR MPs in this respect and they are free to make their own decision.

In the assessment of LPR leader, the motion to dissolve the parliament will be passed successfully.

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