During the consultations, President Andrzej Duda wants to hear from representatives of the electoral commissions what ideas they have, including: in the areas of security, eastern policy, social policy and the Polish army – said Presidential Minister Marcin Przydacz on Sunday in the ‘Super Express’ debate .
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, at the invitation of the Head of State, consultations will take place in the Presidential Palace with representatives of the individual electoral commissions that will be represented in the next Sejm. The meetings will take place with each of the election committees separately, in the order according to the results achieved by these committees in the elections.
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What does the president expect?
The President wants to hear from representatives of individual committees what ideas they have for the near future on Polish affairs. Because we know that the campaign has its own rules and different things appear, (…) but this post-election period is a good time to discuss the main security issues, eastern policy, social policy issues, the state of the Polish army, etc.
– said on Sunday the head of the Presidential Office for International Policy, Marcin Przydacz.
On this basis – he noted – the president will know “what the future Sejm will look like in terms of individual issues of the main interest of the Polish state.”
This will not just be a discussion about the Sejm puzzle, “how many sabers you have, whether there will be a coalition like this or another one.” It will be clear that these topics will appear, but it is also very important that the president knows which individual parties have ideas for the near future, what – in their opinion – should be preserved and what should be changed compared to the past eight or more years.
– he pointed out.
Przydacz emphasized that the president will decide on further steps “based on the analysis of these conversations; he emphasized that he would do this while respecting the deadlines set out in the constitution.
The procedure for appointing a government
The constitution provides for three possible steps in selecting the government after the elections. In the first case, the president plays an important role by convening a meeting of the Sejm and the Senate on a day within thirty days of election day. During the first session of the Sejm of the new term, the current Prime Minister must resign, and the President must accept such resignation. A government in a state of dismissal continues to exercise its functions until a new one is appointed.
The president then appoints the prime minister and appoints the government. Until now, it has been common for presidents to appoint people appointed by the party that won the election. When appointing the Prime Minister, the President takes into account that the government he proposes must receive the support of an absolute majority in the Sejm in order to receive a vote of confidence. If the Council of Ministers does not receive a vote of confidence, the Sejm will take the initiative to form the government.
In this constitutional step, a group of at least 46 MPs can nominate a candidate for prime minister. The Sejm elects the Prime Minister by an absolute majority in the presence of at least half of the legal number of deputies. The Head of Government then presents the government’s program of activities and the proposed composition of the Council of Ministers to the Sejm, which is elected by the Sejm by an absolute majority in the presence of at least half of the legal number of deputies. This is a form of giving confidence to the government. The Sejm has fourteen days to elect the prime minister and government.
If the Sejm fails to form a government, the President shall appoint the Prime Minister and, at his request, members of the government within fourteen days and administer their oath. After appointment by the President, the Council of Ministers has fourteen days to obtain a vote of confidence in the Sejm. In this constitutional step, the Sejm grants a vote of confidence to the government by a simple majority vote (an absolute majority is required in the two previous steps) in the presence of at least half of the legal number of deputies.
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Source: wPolityce