Pozycja ustrojowa marszałka Sejmu w projektach konstytucyjnych z lat 1989–1991

Abstract

The text evaluates the proposed regulations of the position of the ruling and auxiliary organs in Polish parliament (Sejm). The analyzis covers 11 drafts of the Polish constitution from 1989–1991. Among them there were: 2 parliamentary drafts, 4 coming from parties and 5 private ones. The vast majority of drafts concentrated on the position of the Speaker of the Sejm (so called Marshal). Only in two drafts, mainly in the draft prepared by the Senat in 1991, was the position of the Marshal weakened in favour of the Prezydium Sejmu, a collegial body which was supposed to steer the activity of both chambers of the Polish parliament. The further internal law of both chambers was supposed to determine the role and the structure of the internal organs of the parliament.