Polish supreme court validates presidential election result

WARSAW - Poland's supreme court on Tuesday confirmed that Karol Nawrocki was elected president of the country in June.

"All of the circumstances clearly demonstrate that Karol Tadeusz Nawrocki garnered more votes than Rafal Kazimierz Trzaskowski during the second round of the vote," said Krzysztof Wiak, head of the supreme court chamber.

Nawrocki, an independent candidate backed by the opposition Law and Justice Party, received 50.89 percent of the vote in the presidential runoff, beating Trzaskowski, candidate of the ruling Civic Coalition and mayor of Warsaw, who collected 49.11 percent.

Under the Polish constitution, the supreme court is required to validate the ballot before the winner can be sworn in at a joint session of parliament chambers. Nawrocki is set to succeed incumbent President Andrzej Duda, whose second and final term will end on Aug 6.