- Author:
Grzegorz Pastuszko
- E-mail:
gpastuszko@ur.edu.pl
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1494-6409
- Year of publication:
2021
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
95-117
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2021.04.05
- PDF:
ppk/62/ppk6205.pdf
Functioning of the parliamentary opposition during the period of the Constitution of 1921 and 1997 – selected issues
This article is a jubilee text, intended to celebrate the centenary of the adoption and entry into force of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1921. The author discusses the issues of the functioning of the parliamentary opposition in two historical periods of the 2nd and 3rd Republic of Poland, analyzing legal regulations and political mechanisms. Due to the limited volume framework of this study, this analysis has been limited to some issues only. Their selection was primarily determined by the similarities in the sphere of normative and political phenomena that can be noticed in both epochs. Hence, the article includes topics related to: the legal basis and the normative concept of the functioning of the parliamentary opposition, the impact of the parliamentary opposition on the appointment of positions in the internal organizational apparatus of the Sejm, relations between the parliamentary opposition and the Marshal of the Sejm, the levels of rivalry and cooperation between the parliamentary opposition and the ruling camp. The author’s argument leads to a bitter reflection that the existing parliamentary system has still not freed itself from the ballast of the past and is far from a system adhering to the developed standards of protection of the rights of the opposition that exist in modern countries.
- Author:
Liana Hurska-Kowalczyk
- Institution:
University of Szczecin
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6753-8989
- Year of publication:
2021
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
106-118
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2021.72.06
- PDF:
apsp/72/apsp7206.pdf
The objective of this article is to establish the main goal the leaders of the parliamentary opposition wanted to achieve in the negotiations with the government during the Euromaidan. In this study, the following methods were applied: the historical method, data analysis, and case study. In the conclusion, it is noted that the main task of the parliamentary opposition in the negotiations with the government was to restore the Constitution of 2004, which limited the presidential competences in executive power and extended
- Author:
Liana Hurska-Kowalczyk
- Institution:
University of Szczecin
- Year of publication:
2022
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
173-186
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2022.76.09
- PDF:
apsp/76/apsp7609.pdf
The aim of this article is to define the role of the organisations established by the parliamentary opposition during the Euromaidan. The political opposition created the National Resistance Headquarters and the All-Ukrainian Union “Maidan” at that time. In the long term, they were supposed to become a tool for the opposition in the upcoming presidential elections. In the short term, in turn, they were to coordinate the actions of protesters during the Euromaidan throughout Ukraine. In order to achieve the research objective, the historical, systemic, and case study methods were used.
- Author:
Arkadiusz Fordoński
- Institution:
Mazovian University in Płock
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5825-7445
- Year of publication:
2024
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
44-66
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2024.84.03
- PDF:
apsp/84/apsp8403.pdf
The Palikot’s Movement made the separation of church and state one of the pillars of its political communication and gained a significant electoral support. As a result, the government raised some of those issues, but its projects in this area were more moderate and only a fraction of them were ultimately implemented. In the analysed scope, the legislative initiatives of the Palikot Movement turned out to be ineffective. The Sejm quickly rejected some of them, while others did not enter the legislative process, which was a sign of the party’s low impact on legislation. Over time, as the parliamentary support base dissolved, the issue was gradually pushed to the background in public debate. It shows that in the Polish political system, opposition parties can introduce specific proposals into the public debate, but their ability to turn such matters into legislative initiatives is very limited.