EN Sejm, structure and development lines : beginnings of the functioning of the Legislative Sejm 1919-1922 : a contribution

2018

Przegląd Sejmowy

Journal year: 2018 | Journal number: nr 6 (149)

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EN The discussed document presents in detail the process of establishing political divisions and Deputies’ clubs in the fi rst six months of the activity of the Legislative Sejm, from February to August 1919. Author or authors of the document — the analysis was produced by the Information Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — distinguished four breakthrough moments in shaping the structure of the fi rst parliamentary representation of the independent Polish State. The fi rst two resulted from a by-elec-tion conducted during the fi rst session of the Sejm, i.a. at eastern lands and Greater Poland. Further changes in the distribution of the Sejm clubs were the effect of splits within peasant parties and the Popular National Union in July/August 1919. They were mostly inspired by the People’s Peasant Par-ty “Piast”’s aspiration to establish a stable majority around the club within the chamber’s centre, allow-ing to appoint a government based on peasants’ and workers’ parties of national character. The other camp aiming to establish its own cabinet was the Popular National Union.

2019

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10.31268/PS.2018.44

http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/przeglad.nsf/0/7D68219664E33008C125838600414C05/$file/12.Maciej%20Wojtacki.pdf

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