The procedure for setting up parliamentary agenda in the Sejm of the People Republic of Poland

The article concerns the procedure for setting up parliamentary agenda in the first chamber of the polish parliament – Sejm. It is composed of five main parts: 1) historical roots, 2) general overview of legal provisions, 3) analysis of normative aspects of the procedure, 4) critical look at the current ideas and assumptions underlying the procedure, 5) propositions de lege ferenda towards change of the model of the procedure. All considerations included in the text go far beyond simple demonstration of how the rules being in force in Poland are formulated. In fact they aim to expose advantages and disadvantages of the solutions in question and by this way to indicate opportunities and directions for future reforms. The author supports such a vision by “reviving” some draft provisions from the past which have never been enacted, however which could have helped make the Sejm to be more pluralistic institution and stop being perceived as a body working too much under pressure of conductive majorities.