内容摘要：The new constraints on the candidates also drew criticism even from officials within the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

The new constraints on the candidates also drew criticism even from officials within the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

“It’s high time for truth, honesty to win, for the future to win, and that’s exactly what’s at stake in these elections,” Trzaskowski said. “On June 1, we will all make a decision that may be one of the most important in our lives. A decision that will affect the fate of our children, the fate of our grandchildren.”Trzaskowski previously ran for president in 2020, narrowly losing to incumbent Andrzej Duda, whose second and final five-year term ends this summer.

The runoff follows a first-round vote on May 18 that narrowed the initial field of 13 candidates to Trzaskowski and Nawrocki. Recent polls show them running neck-and-neck, within the margin of error, making the outcome impossible to predict.Both men are now courting voters who backed the hard-right libertarian Sławomir Mentzen, who won nearly 15% in the first round.Trzaskowski supporters believe their candidate would better protect the country’s interests by strengthening ties with European partners such as France and Germany. In their view, those alliances are vital to Poland’s security, especially in the face of

and fears that a victorious Russia could seek to reassert control over parts of Central and Eastern Europe.During its eight years in power, Law and Justice was accused by the European Union of undermining democratic norms, particularly judicial independence and press freedom. Trzaskowski has pledged to support Tusk’s efforts to restore the independence of Poland’s judiciary — something that the conservative Duda has stymied.

Romanian President-elect

, a pro-EU centrist who pulled off“The first time, thank God, my daughter-in-law was home, and she told me to hang up, but it was hard and I was trembling,” said Maracay dentist Esperanza de Andrade, who received three calls. “They told me my name, my children’s names, where they went to school, and that, of course, alarmed me greatly. They directly threatened my life and the lives of my children.”

De Andrade said the last call happened around Sept. 20, 2023, when 11,000 soldiers stormed the prison to regain control.Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)Family members of inmates watch as soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)