Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski sacked ministers from two junior coalition parties on Monday and decided to rule in a minority government ahead of expected early elections in the former communist EU member. Holding parliamentary elections two years early has become increasingly likely since bitter fighting erupted within the fractious coalition between the ruling Kaczynski twins and volatile leftist and far-right allies.The prime minister sacked ministers from the nationalist League of Polish Families and rural-based Self-Defense party.
"The change means the coalition has ended," Kaczynski said at the office of President Lech Kaczynski, his twin brother.
Roman Giertych, the deputy prime minister and leader of the League is among the dismissed ministers. The three other ministers were charged with construction, labor and fisheries. New ministers were appointed immediately.
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