Following days of speculation, PiS presented IPN president Karol Nawrocki as their presidential candidate at Kraków's Sokół building. The announcement, framed as supporting an independent candidate rather than a party nominee, prompted immediate response from PM Tusk warning against underestimating any opponent.
Nawrocki's first campaign speech emphasized national sovereignty and opposition to "climate madness," while supporting major infrastructure projects like CPK. Jarosław Kaczyński contextualized the choice as an attempt to end what he termed a "Polish-Polish war."
Media coverage divided sharply between pro-government outlets presenting Nawrocki as a unifying figure and opposition media characterizing him as PiS's proxy. The announcement coincided with new details emerging about the Warsaw police shooting, revealing the officer who fired the fatal shot was serving his first day in the Praga district.