„Hidden powers” of the President of the Republic of Poland in Light of the Polish Constitution

• Authors: Janusz Roszkiewicz

Title variants

PL

„Ukryte kompetencje” Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w świetle Konstytucji RP

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The article shows how to use imprecise provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland to strengthen the powers of the President. ‘Hidden’ competences are powers explicitly granted to the President in the Constitution but used in an unorthodox way, unforeseen by the creators of the Constitution. The article discusses five cases: 1) possibility to ‘push the Prime Minister out’ of the international event ‘hidden’ in the power to convene the first parliamentary meeting after the election; 2) a „small pocket veto” ‘hidden’ in the power to announce the bill in Journal of Laws within 21 days; 3) possibility of delaying of the signing of a bill ‘hidden’ in the mechanism of veto-withdrawal of veto challenge to the Constitutional Tribunal; 4) appointment of the presidential Prime Minister against the will of the parliament ‘hidden’ in the power to designate a temporary head of government; 5) possibility of evading the obligation to dissolve the parliament in the event of an inability to elect a government ‘hidden’ in the power to notify the Marshal of the Sejm of the temporary inability to hold office (the Constitution forbids Marshal of the Sejm, who actsas the President, to dissolve the parliament).

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Krakowski Instytut Prawa Karnego Fundacja
• Journal: Constitutional Review
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2020-05-16

online

2020-05-16

Contributors

author

Janusz Roszkiewicz