Minister Paprocka reminds: in the second step, the Sejm selects the government and the Prime Minister. This is not a question about the president’s decision

Małgorzata Paprocka from the Chancellery of the President reminded this in the so-called In the second constitutional step, it is not the President who makes the decision about the Prime Minister, but the decision of the Sejm. “Prime Minister Morawiecki’s government has until next Monday to request a vote of confidence from the Sejm,” she said.

Minister Paprocka referred to the partial report of the committee investigating Russian influence in Poland.

The president was a strong supporter of the creation and work of a commission on Russian influence. (…) This partial report is a very important part of the public debate

– she said.

She then explained that in the absence of a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Morawiecki’s government, it is not the president who makes the decision on the election of the government. The Sejm is responsible for this.

Prime Minister Morawiecki’s government has until next Monday to request a vote of confidence from the Sejm. If this fails, we move to the second constitutional step, and then it is not the president who nominates the candidate for prime minister, but the parliamentarians. (…) The government and the prime minister are elected by the Sejm. And this is not a question about the president’s decision, but a question for parliamentarians. (…) In the second constitutional step, the role of the president is limited to appointing a government elected by the Sejm

– she said.

The presidential minister was also asked whether the president would nominate Donald Tusk in the first constitutional step if PO won the elections and the head of state already had the commission’s recommendations on Russian influence. Then Małgorzata Paprocka remembered President Andrzej Duda’s words from an interview for the weekly magazine “Sieci”.

Then the president initially used the phrase that President Donald Tusk is not the presidential candidate, so these aspects would probably be taken into account

– she said.

Platform settlements

Paprocka then commented on the idea of ​​changes to the Constitutional Tribunal and the National Council for the Judiciary through parliamentary resolutions.

Fortunately, there were several very clear signals in the public debate about the absolute unconstitutionality of such solutions. This related to the issue of resolutions regarding judges of the Constitutional Court or appointments to the National Council for the Judiciary.

– she said.

I understand the discussion and debate during the election campaign, very extreme statements intended to motivate the electorate in one way or another, but the situation is completely different when someone aspires to the most important offices in the state and keeps saying that he want to. to circumvent the constitution and keep talking about wanting to break the law. You can change the law, but it must be done according to the formulas agreed between the authorities and society. The resolutions do not have universal binding force and it is clear that the terms of office of constitutional bodies cannot be shortened by resolutions.

– she added.

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