Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has won a vote of confidence from the lower parliament house with over 231 MPs coming out in favour of the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, ahead of next year’s elections.

The vote signified a show of strength after support for the leader waned last month due to allegations of corruption and several attempts by the opposition to organise a vote of no-confidence.

Mateusz also dominated a debate following the vote, while PiS deputies celebrated the victory with chants of the prime minister’s name.

With just three years in power, Morawiecki’s party has successfully isolated itself from the EU based on several allegations, including a scandal involving banking regulator, KNF, and also the overhauling of the judiciary and the move to gain complete control of the public media, which has repeatedly led to backlash from the European Union (EU) and other civil rights groups as a means of undermining the rule of law.

The party has also been accused of authoritarianism as some voters have expressed concern over a potential exit from the EU, an allegation the party has vehemently denied.

However, with just a year left to the next polls, the party has shown signs of going back on some of these changes, such as letting Supreme Court judges who were forcefully made to retire return to work, an act that was warmly received by the electorates.

The PiS hopes to dominate the upcoming elections with the vote of confidence seen as a step in the right direction in restoring confidence to the electorates too.