Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish Parliament
<p>While the attention of many constitutional law scholars has been on the UK Government’s decision to prorogue Parliament and first judicial responses, the Polish Sejm’s plenary sitting has been unexpectedly suspended and postponed until after the general elections of 13 October 2019. The dec...
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| description | <p>While the attention of many constitutional law scholars has been on the UK Government’s decision to prorogue Parliament and first judicial responses, the Polish Sejm’s plenary sitting has been unexpectedly suspended and postponed until after the general elections of 13 October 2019. The decision has a precedential nature. For the first time since the Polish Constitution entered into force, the ‘old’ Sejm is sitting while the ‘new’ Sejm will be waiting for an opening. Although this decision is formally compliant with the Polish Constitution, it is nonetheless undemocratic and raises some serious questions about the motivation behind this move.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-9174b520a9584ec7adf6f6fe6c1ece512022-12-22T03:04:49ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish ParliamentMichał Ziółkowski<p>While the attention of many constitutional law scholars has been on the UK Government’s decision to prorogue Parliament and first judicial responses, the Polish Sejm’s plenary sitting has been unexpectedly suspended and postponed until after the general elections of 13 October 2019. The decision has a precedential nature. For the first time since the Polish Constitution entered into force, the ‘old’ Sejm is sitting while the ‘new’ Sejm will be waiting for an opening. Although this decision is formally compliant with the Polish Constitution, it is nonetheless undemocratic and raises some serious questions about the motivation behind this move.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/undemocratic-but-formally-lawful-the-suspension-of-the-polish-parliament/Constitutional Law, parliament, Poland |
| spellingShingle | Michał Ziółkowski Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish Parliament Verfassungsblog Constitutional Law, parliament, Poland |
| title | Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish Parliament |
| title_full | Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish Parliament |
| title_fullStr | Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish Parliament |
| title_full_unstemmed | Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish Parliament |
| title_short | Undemocratic but Formally Lawful: The Suspension of the Polish Parliament |
| title_sort | undemocratic but formally lawful the suspension of the polish parliament |
| topic | Constitutional Law, parliament, Poland |
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