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Speaker(s): Bronislaw Komorowski
Chair: Professor Adam Ostaszewski
Recorded on 2 June 2010 at Old Theatre, Old Building
Bronislaw Komorowski, Poland's parliamentary speaker, has been thrust into the role of acting president after the death of Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash in Russia. As Marshal of the Sejm, Poland's lower house of parliament, since November 2007, presidential powers were automatically transferred to Mr Komorowski upon Mr Kaczynski's death.
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