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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's largest opposition party is leading a march Sunday meant to mobilize voters against the right-wing government, which it accuses of eroding democracy and following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy.

Donald Tusk, the country's former prime minister, has called on Poles to march with him for the sake of the nation's future. His party and security officials predicted that tens of thousands of people will join the demonstration.

Media not aligned with the government said it could be among the biggest protests in post-communist Poland as fears grow that a fall election won't be fair.

Supporters of the march have warned that the election might be the nation's last chance to stop the erosion of democracy under the ruling party, Law and Justice.

In power since 2015, Law and Justice has found a popular formula, combining higher social spending with socially conservative policies and support for the church in the mostly Catholic nation.

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However, critics have warned for years that the party is reversing many of the achievements made since Poland emerged from communist rule in 1989.

Even the United States government has intervened at times when it felt the government was eroding press freedom and academic freedom in the area of Holocaust research.

Critics point mainly to the party's step-by-step takeover of the judiciary and media. It uses state media for heavy-handed...

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