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                          Poles Vote for New President

   by VOA News

   Voters in Poland are going to the polls Sunday to cast ballots in a
   tight, runoff presidential election between incumbent Bronislaw
   Komorowski and challenger Andrzej Duda.

   Duda won the first-round vote earlier this month. Analysts described
   Duda's win as one of the biggest shocks in Polish politics in recent
   years, given that pre-election surveys signaled a relatively easy win
   for the centrist incumbent.

   Komorowski, a historian and former defense minister, was first elected
   in 2010 and campaigned for a second term largely on national security
   challenges.

   Conservative Duda campaigned on promises to lower Poland's retirement
   age. He also advocated tax cuts and warned of rising prices, if Poland
   adopts the euro currency.

   In Poland, the prime minister leads the government, but the president -
   elected for a five-year term - heads the armed forces, and has a say in
   foreign policy and the passage of legislation.

   Some material for this report came from Reuters.
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