Jarosław Szczepański, Ph.D. Constitutional Regulations Concerning Elections and States of Exception

The Institute of Political Science Foundation Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw Constitutional Regulations Concerning Elections and States of Exception The Polish Constitution provides that elections of the President of the Republic of Poland shall be called by the Marshal of the Sejm for the date not earlier than 100 and not later than 75 days before the. [...] Validity of election of the President of the Republic of Poland shall be confirmed by the Supreme Court. [...] in the US, the president in Poland is replaced by the appointed person – the Marshal of the Sejm or, should they be unable, by the Marshal of the Senate, only in strictly specified situations such as inability to discharge the duties because of health condition, dismissal from office by a judgment of the Tribunal of State or resignation from office. [...] During a state of exception it is impossible to change: the Constitution, the rules of election to the Sejm, the Senate and local government bodies, the Act on the election of the President of the Republic of Poland, and the Act on states of exception. [...] Paradoxically, in the current dispute the position of the government was more strongly based on the provision of the Constitution than the stance of the opposition.