Polish ruling party leader Kaczynski leaves government

FILE PHOTO: Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Law and Justice (PiS) party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski delivers his speech during the political convention of the Law and Justice (PiS) ruling party in Marki near Warsaw, Poland June 4, 2022. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party leader and deputy prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has resigned from his position in government, PAP news agency said on Tuesday.

"I'm not in the government right now ... I have already submitted a motion to the prime minister and it has been approved. As far as I know, the president has also signed it," Kaczynski said, according to PAP.