Polish Politics Review

Flashcards of terms and definitions related to political science and the Polish government.

Political Party

An organization that may or may not have a program.

National Assembly

The body that approved the draft of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.

Self-government Community

According to the constitution, it constitutes the self-government community. The entirety of residents of basic territorial division units.

Permanent Members of the Council of Ministers

The Prime Minister and ministers.

Number of Deputies Required to Submit a Motion of No Confidence

At least 46 deputies.

Entities participating in the division of mandates

Electoral committees that gained at least 5% of votes on a national scale (coalitions 8%).

Who Appoints the President of the Supreme Audit Office?

The Sejm, by an absolute majority of votes, upon request of the Speaker of the Sejm or 35 deputies, with the consent of the Senate.

How the National Broadcasting Council deals with individual cases.

Adopts resolutions.

When the Minister of Internal Affairs Requests a Ban on a Political Party

When the party aims to change the constitutional system of the Republic of Poland by force.

Number of Parliamentary Clubs Formed in the Sejm After the 1997 Elections

Five.

Who has the right to file a complaint to the Constitutional Tribunal

Belongs to anyone whose constitutional freedoms or rights have been violated

Source of Law Not Binding in Poland

Regulations.

Who Ratifies International Agreements?

The President, and notifies the Sejm and the Senate.

Basis for Issuing Regulations

On the basis of a law (authorization contained in the law).

Who Exercises Legislative Power in the Republic of Poland?

The Sejm and the Senate.

Who Convenes the First Session of the Sejm of a New Term?

The President of the Republic of Poland.

Where a law is announced

In the Journal of Laws.

Deadline for the President to Sign a Law Deemed Urgent

7 days.

Legal acts not issued by the President of Poland.

Resolution.

Entities that Have Legal Personality

Legal persons who obtain legal personality upon entry into the appropriate register.

Who Appoints Judges?

The President of the Republic of Poland upon request of the National Council of the Judiciary.

Number of judges in the Constitutional Tribunal.

15 judges.

happens if the Sejm does not pass the budget act within the deadline

The President can order the shortening of the Sejm's term.

State Not Considered a State of Emergency

A state of higher necessity.

Who Has the Right to Submit Interpellations?

Deputies (Senators - NO).

Legal Basis for the Functioning of the Voivodeship Office

It operates on the basis of the Act of January 23, 2009, on the voivode and government administration in the voivodeship, as well as on the basis of the statute of the voivodeship office.

Year The Tribunal of State was established

1921 and after the Polish People's Republic-1982

When The PZPR was created

December 15, 1948

The current election code to the Sejm in force from

5.01.2011

The first act of parliament was enacted in

1990, then 97, then 2011, then 2015

The presidential elections were based on which elecoral ordinations

27th of september 2011

In which years Tadeusz Mazowiecki served PM duties

1989-1990 (resignation on January 4, 1991).

When The Polish Committee of National Liberation was established

21 VII 1944.

In which year was The Law on Municipal governments was enacted

1990

Date of Last Local Elections:

2014r local elections / 2015r parliamentary elections

Year when the name was changed to Republic of Poland

29 December 1989 Constitution

Role of the PKWN in the system of state organs

Executive Committee of the National Council of the Homeland

Date The Constitution of the Republic of Poland was adopted

2 IV 1997

institution That declares the goals or activities of political parties are incompatible with the Constitution

The Consitutional Tribunal

What guarantees The decentralization of public authority in poland

Territorial Structures(local governments)

The right to elect the President of the Republic of Poland belongs to a citizen wo in the latest election day has completed

18 years old

Duties of every Polish citizen

Loyalty to the Republic of Poland and concern for the common good compliance with the laws of the Republic of Poland bearing public burdens and services, including taxes, specified in the law
obefending the Homeland caring for the state of the environment and taking responsibility for its degradation.

Number needed to submit a list of candidates for the Sejm

5000 votes

How Parties register in Poland

Registration with the District Court in Warsaw

What agreement is Ratifield under the upderhand of the law

Has priority over the law if the law is incompatible with the agreement

authority To give Regulations

The law and to implement it

Election to the Sejm and the senate order is assigned to

the president

What entity reports electiral protests against the important of elections to the sejm and the Senate

Supreme court

President should submit the consitution to the Constitutional Tribunal on the consisteny law in

21 days

official acts of the president requies

Declaration of martial law

The no confidence to Council of ministers

The Sejm by resolution(at least 46 deputies)

Basic Untit of territorrial divison in Poland

Commune

How long is the term of the chief justice in Poland.

six Years

The Sejm elects judgees tot the tribunal

The Sejm for the term of his office(nomination-Speaker of The Sejm or a group of 35 deputies)

is not the supreme body of state control and protection of the law

The Constitutional Tribunal

who puts forward the human rights champion

Speaker of the Sejm or a group of 35 deputies on his ask

state budget establishes are set by following the form of

law

Party socjaldemocratric in Poland

Unite left

ministers are assigned by

RP President

Statue on prep of approval consitution law was given

23rd of April 1992

Office of HR obmunsman was establised in

1987r

Statue on territorial self goverment

8 marca1990

Constitutional Court has been writting in constitution in

26 marca 1982

Solidarity ecction solidartions was creatd in year

17 X 1992

Laws among authoritys was approwed in this date

8 czerwca 1996

Coality pol - sld goverment

1993-1997

Socjaldemocracy of Poland was create in this year

1990

Modern rules of politcal system

1989

law initiative in Poland have

Group off

The senate has a possibility to resolve the situation

President of RP Senate COuncil of Ministers deputies, with regulations, by 15 deputies or by a Parliamentary seamining committee , group of above 100K citiziens.

SEJM HAS A POSIBILITY TO BE RESOLVED

FALSE

Positions a member cannot conncect with

Prezesa NBP, NIK, Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich, Rzecznika Praw Dziecka, członka Rady Polityki Pieniężne

When the referendum result is biding if vote reach

ABOVE 50% of those authorized

Constitution determines the sovereign as

Nation

The chief head executive is (in POLAND system)

The President

How is The parliament is reejecting sentae law

By a absoultue number.

The main state bodies in Polands are

Sjem

State Electoral comistion is appointed for the

Prezydeient

Wojewoda releases following acts

Administrative order

The current system

Uniparty