Summary of the day
Two of Poland’s top military commanders, including the chief of the general staff, have tendered their resignations just days before a crucial parliamentary election that will determine the future political course of the country. Read the story.
Critics of the ruling Law and Justice party argued that the resignations were partly the outcome to the politicisation of the armed forces by the current government.
Jakub Jaraczewski, a research coordinator at Democracy Reporting International, said that smaller parties stole the show at last night’s election debate.
Robert Biedroń, a member of the European parliament from Poland’s opposition New Left, told the Guardian that the Left’s candidate “performed brilliantly” in the debate.
With only days until Poles vote, candidates across the political spectrum encouraged supporters to maintain their energy.
There appears to be strong interest from Poles living abroad in this weekend’s election
Over 560,000 Poles have registered to vote abroad in this Sunday's elections, the foreign minister has announced.
— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) October 10, 2023
He expects the figure to surpass 600,000 by tonight's deadline. That would be almost double the number at the last elections in 2019 https://t.co/1Goy3D8EfE
