(24 Oct 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of street scene
2. Newspapers stand
3. Various of newspaper headlines with newly elected president Lech Kaczynski on frontpage
4. Wide of bus stop with Kaczynski poster
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Boleslaw Rok, Political analyst at Kuzminski University, Warsaw
"The most important thing is that almost half of the population didn't vote at all, and 30 percent of the whole population voted for Kaczynski. So it means that we have 80 percent of losers, who are losers in terms of economical reform, and economical transformation."
6. Cutaway Rok reading the paper
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Boleslaw Rok, Political analyst at Kuzminski University, Warsaw
"From an internal point of view, it's also a big challenge because they (the Law and Justice Party) have full power, so it means that they can't blame each other, they can't blame the president of another party, it means that the prime minister or the government can do anything. Because in fact, having full power they have the possibility to make a change, a radical change."
8. Wide of street scene
9. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Voxpop, young woman:
"I hope that because Law and Justice won and we have president from Law and Justice we may have some hopes for better, safer Poland."
10. Cutaway street
11. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Voxpop, older woman:
"There were so many promises before and no changes to follow them, nothing changed. Today will be the same, maybe a little better for youngsters."
12. Man reading newspaper
STORYLINE
Poland woke up with a new president-to-be on Monday, after Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski, of the socially conservative Law and Justice Party, won Sunday's presidential runoff.
The tough-talking politician came from behind to win, propelled to victory with the support of the nation's poorer voters and farmers.
With 91 percent of the votes counted from Sunday's runoff, Kaczynski led rival Donald Tusk of the pro-market Civic Platform party, 55.5 percent to 44.5 percent, according to the State Election Commission.
However, as political analyst Boleslaw Rok pointed out, almost half of the population didn't vote at all, and only 30 percent of Poles voted for Kaczynski.
"It means we have 80 percent of losers," he said.
Meanwhile, people in the street were hopeful Kaczynski's election meant a better future.
Kaczynski's victory clears the way for the start of coalition talks on Monday between the Civic Platform and Law and Justice, which is headed by Kaczynski's identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
Kaczynski forged ahead of his opponent in the runoff campaign, as voters responded to his warnings that free-market policies must not cut social welfare for the less fortunate.
Voter analysis showed he won on large support among the nation's 2 million farmers, while Tusk won in the most prosperous, western regions of the country.
The mild-mannered Tusk made some wonder whether he was tough enough to be president, in contrast with the aggressive Kaczynski, a populist who during his tenure as mayor tried to stop a gay rights parade and issued Germany a bill for damage done during the World War II occupation.
The two Kaczynski brothers, both former activists in the Solidarity free trade union movement that ended communist rule, won fame as child stars in a hit film, "Two Who Stole The Moon."
But their resemblance became a political handicap, pushing Jaroslaw to abandon his claim to become prime minister in favour of a little known party official after last month's parliamentary election.
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