Current President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski. Wikimedia. Public domain.All those Poles who have repeatedly asked themselves the question, “How is it possible that Bronisław Komorowski ever became president and constantly held over 60% of public support?” are remembering that query today. That is why the current president’s first-round loss (34%) to Antoni Duda, the candidate from Jarosław Kaczyński’s party (35%), cannot be surprising.
It’s not a question of Komorowski being a boor or an embarrassment, or a candidate who has no understanding of his duties. He does, and we cannot disregard that fact. But the current president is so bland that he owes his presidency entirely to fear of Jarosław Kaczyński. And that will continue to be the case if he defends his title, because he has been so unremarkable as president.
His main opponent lacks substance to the point of being perfectly translucent, because that is how he was meant to be. The electorate were supposed to look right through him to see Jarosław Kaczyński’s Law and Justice party, who were afraid to run against the so popular Komorowski.
