Czy Konstytucja RP jest przystosowana do czasów kryzysu? Wybrane problemy i postulaty de lege ferenda
- Institution: Uniwersytet Warszawski
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-2215
- Year of publication: 2021
- Source: Show
- Pages: 141-153
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2021.02.09
- PDF: ppk/60/ppk6009.pdf
Is Polish Constitution adjusted to the times of crisis? Selected problems and de lege ferenda propositions
The subject of this article is the question whether the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 provides sufficient guarantees for the continuity of government and cooperation of public authorities in the event of sudden threats such as war, rebellion, natural disaster or terrorist attack. The analysis shows that the Constitution of the Republic of Poland is prepared for standard emergency situations, but does not contain procedures in the event of the worst-case scenarios: necessity of state of emergency during electoral campaign; failure to gather a minimum quorum of 230 deputies for the needs of a session of the parliament; the death of top politicians in the state.