A few questions concerning the discharge

The institution of discharge is one of numerous instruments available to the Sejm in order to exercise the control function regarding the activities of the Council of Ministers. It is an institution with historic lineage, whose origins are closely connected with the formation of the parliamentary system on the Polish soil. The importance of the discharge and the control process associated with it is noticeable in its regularity, repeatability, but also in that it enables detection of irregularities. Conclusions drawn from this fact may lead to the elimination of such irregularities in the future budget legislation. However, the analysis of solutions devoted to the institution of discharge conducted in the normative plane and by means of the parliamentary practice assessment indicates deficiencies and the encumbrance of this institution, such as the excessive politicization of control procedures, as well as lack of clear consequences arising from resolution through which the Sejm can refuse to grant the Council of Ministers the discharge.

The Scope of the Constitutional Regulation of the Budgetary Procedure in Poland in Comparison to the European Union Countries

Based on the provisions of the constitutional rank of the basic laws of the European Union countries, with the help of a comparative and partly legal-dogmatic method, the article presents the scope and depth of the Polish regulation against the EU background, showing that it can be regarded as extensive, primarily due to the introduction of a special legislative mode taking into account the participation of both chambers of parliament and the head of state, which, as can be seen, is not the rule. Also the remaining discussed regulations, which define in detail the entities participating in the elaboration of the state budget, procedural deadlines and principles related to the budgetary balance, are not the norm in the constitutional matter, usually more laconic in this respect, of the European Union countries.