波蘭民衆投票選舉新一任總統

Voters in Poland are going to the polls Sunday to cast ballots in a tight, runoff presidential election between incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski and challenger Andrzej Duda.

Mr. Duda won the first-round vote earlier this month. Analysts described Mr. Duda's win as one of the biggest shocks in Polish politics in recent years, given that pre-election surveys signaled a relatively easy win for the centrist incumbent.

Mr. Komorowski, a historian and former defense minister, was first elected in 2010 and campaigned for a second term largely on national security challenges.

Conservative Mr. Duda campaigned on promises to lower Poland's retirement age. He also advocated tax cuts and warned of rising prices, if Poland adopts the euro currency.

In Poland, the prime minister leads the government, but the president - elected for a five-year term - heads the armed forces, and has a say in foreign policy and the passage of legislation.波蘭民衆星期天投票選舉新一任總統。這是一次“決選”。兩位參選人分別是現任總統科莫羅夫斯基和挑戰他的保守派人士杜達。

杜達這個月早些時候在第一輪投票中略微領先。分析人士形容杜達在上一輪投票中的領先是波蘭政壇近年來最令人“吃驚”的震動，因爲在第一輪投票之前，大部分民意調查都顯示，在很多問題上都持有中間立場的現任總統，可以很輕鬆地領先。

科莫羅夫斯基是一位歷史學家，從前也擔任過波蘭的國防部長。他是2010年首次當選總統的。這次是競選連任，他的競選綱領主要圍繞着國家安全主題。

被稱爲是保守派人士的杜達，其競選綱領是要保證一旦當選以後，將會降低波蘭民衆的退休年齡，他同時還說要爲大家減稅，並且警告人們說，假如波蘭方面採用歐元作爲通用貨幣的話，波蘭國內的物價將無疑會上漲。

在波蘭，總理負責政府的日常事務，但是總統是國家軍隊的統帥，並且也在外交政策和立法方面有決定權。總統的每一任期是五年。