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Poland’s gov’t easily survives assessment vote

People demonstrate on the 20th anniversary of Poland's constitution in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, April 2, 2017. The protest comes at a time that they and other poles fear the constitutional order in Poland is threatened by the country's populist government.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People demonstrate on the 20th anniversary of Poland's constitution in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, April 2, 2017. The protest comes at a time that they and other poles fear the constitutional order in Poland is threatened by the country's populist government.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) People demonstrate on the 20th anniversary of Poland's constitution in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, April 2, 2017. The protest comes at a time that they and other poles fear the constitutional order in Poland is threatened by the country's populist government.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

By Associated Press 1 min read

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s populist government easily survived a no-confidence vote in parliament that was requested by the opposition which accuses it of steering toward “dictatorship.”

The vote Friday in the lower house, or Sejm, was 238-174 with four abstentions for the government to stay.

It had been expected to turn in favor of the government of Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, given the ruling Law and Justice party’s majority in the 460-member parliament.