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Lech Kaczynski was going to run for re-election in September for another 5 year term, but now that he has died an early election must be held within 60 days. Interestingly, the person running against Lech was Bronislaw Komorowski, who became acting-president in his capacity as Speaker of the Sejm upon Lech's death.
Lech was widely expected to lose re-election. He and his identical twin brother, who was prime minister from 2006-2007, were nicknamed "terrible twins" because their Law and Justice party was seen as too extremist. I wonder if Lech's brother Jaroslaw will now run for president to succeed his brother, and if there will be a sympathy vote for Law and Justice because of the plane crash.
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