Poland votes for new president after crash tragedy

  • 14 years ago
Poles voted Sunday for a new head of state after president Lech Kaczynski perished in an air disaster, but his twin trailed the ruling party candidate in an audacious bid to take his brother's place. Opinion polls have put parliamentary speaker Bronislaw Komorowski, 58, of the market-friendly Civic Platform ahead of ex-premier Jaroslaw Kaczynski, 61, leader of the eurosceptic conservative Law and Justice party.Duration: 01:39

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