Komorowski "favoured in Polish presidential primary"

Parliamentary speaker Bronislaw Komorowski will probably win the nomination of Poland's ruling party for this year's presidential election, lawmakers and political analysts say, after a series of gaffes by his rival.

Komorowski and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski are vying for the votes of their centrist Civic Platform's (PO) 40,000 members in an internal party contest this month that has been compared to a U.S. primary -- a first in Poland.

Opinion polls suggest either would trounce conservative, eurosceptic incumbent Lech Kaczynski in the presidential election, expected in September or October, though they show Komorowski ahead by a wider margin.Read more:  http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=55306