WARSAW, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Polish government wants to pose questions to voters during a Oct. 15 election that will include whether Poland should take in "thousands of illegal immigrants", a move rivals say aims to swing the vote by misleading voters about opposition policies.
The centrist Civic Platform (PO), the main opposition party which is running neck and neck with PiS according to some polls, says the questions are designed to sway voters by distorting the opposition's stance on these sensitive issues.
PiS, seeking a third term in power, has put opposition to migration at the centre of its campaign and says the opposition would hurt the economy by selling state assets and endanger security amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
"When we propose a question so that we don't sell out Poland's wealth, the opposition gets furious.
The PO says it does not have an open-door migrant policy and says none of the questions represent their policies.
Persons:
PiS, Mateusz Morawiecki, Malgorzata Kidawa, Blonska, Mariusz Blaszczak, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Edmund Blair
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WARSAW, Law and Justice, European Union, Twitter, Defence, Thomson
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Polish, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, East, Africa, Europe