- Yes, I am prepared to run in these elections because there must be some choice. This was clearly stated yesterday at the board meeting, that we are fortunate that PO is the most democratic party. Every member has one vote. However, I haven't made any decision yet, as I will be speaking with my colleagues. The most important thing now is to oversee what's happening in the Senate, to well organize the club's work, and introducing these emotions into the public sphere and shifting the entire burden onto internal elections now could end badly for the Platform itself. Let's conclude a certain stage, constitute the club, elect the Marshal of the Senate, the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, and then quickly conduct the electoral process - stated Borys Budka in an interview with Justyna Dobrosz-Oracz, when asked if he was prepared today to run in the elections for the leader of the Platform.

When asked if it was a strategic mistake by the Platform that the elections within the party could not be accelerated, as he had proposed, the PO politician replied: - I think someone misunderstood that statement. I'm not talking about shortening anyone's term. Grzegorz Schetyna's term ends in January 2020, this is stipulated in the statute, we all know this, and now it's purely a technical matter of when the elections will be held. And that's all. These elections can be held, the process can only begin in January. I believe it can be done as it was four years ago, meaning these elections can be held at the turn of the year, or by the end of December. These are absolutely not accelerated elections. This is important. No one wants to shorten anyone's term. This term is expiring, but one can be prepared for either Grzegorz Schetyna to confirm his mandate for another term, or for there to be a new leader, but for this transition to be very smooth.