Poles Divided Over Holding Presidential Vote During Pandemic

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the conservative ruling party Law and Justice, second row right, takes part in a parliamentary session in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 3, 2020. Uncertainty deepened in Poland on Friday over whether the country will move forward with a presidential election scheduled for May despite the coronavirus pandemic. Kaczynski had hoped to move forward with the vote despite the epidemic by having a postal election, but the head of a faction in his coalition is opposed and wants the elections postponed by two years.AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski

WARSAW, Poland—Uncertainty is deepening in Poland over how and when the country can move forward with a presidential election scheduled for May, amid the CCP virus pandemic.

President Andrzej Duda has been leading polls as he vies for a second five-year term in the vote, which was initially set for May 10. The governing conservative Law and Justice party—which supports Duda—has been insisting on going ahead with the voting, and proposed mail-in voting for the entire nation as a way of sticking to schedule.