POLAND. CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE WOULD BACK THE DEATH PENALTY
Polish conservative candidate for president Lech Kaczynski he would restore the death penalty if given the chance, putting his views on a collision course with the European Union. Kaczynski was five points behind moderate frontrunner Donald Tusk ahead of
Polish conservative candidate for president Lech Kaczynski he would restore the death penalty if given the chance, putting his views on a collision course with the European Union. Kaczynski was five points behind moderate frontrunner Donald Tusk ahead of the October 9 presidential election after his Law and Justice party won September 25 parliamentary polls. The party was seeking to form a centre-right coalition government.
"If parliament would pass a law re-establishing the death penalty, I would sign it," Kaczynski told reporters during a campaign trip to Wroclaw in southwestern Poland.
"If parliament would pass a law re-establishing the death penalty, I would sign it," Kaczynski told reporters during a campaign trip to Wroclaw in southwestern Poland.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Reuters News, 05/10/2005)