Poland stands by presidential vote plan as byelections go ahead

Local election commission members wearing protective masks during byelections in Patna, Poland March 22, 2020. Tomasz Stanczak/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland went ahead with six byelections on Sunday and reaffirmed plans to hold presidential elections on May 10 as pressure rises to call off the poll amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We have to prepare this. That is the law in our country - nothing has changed," Tomasz Grzelewski, spokesman for the National Electoral Commission, said. "If there was a decision by the President about introducing a state of emergency, then we would behave differently."