April Novelization
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The April Novelization (Polish: Nowela kwietniowa) was a set of changes (constitutional amendments) to the 1952 Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland, agreed in April 1989, in the aftermath of the Polish Round Table Agreement.[1]
Among key changes were:
- restoration of the Senate of Poland and the post of the president of Poland (the latter annulling the power of the Polish United Workers' Party general secretary)[2]
- introduction of the National Council of the Judiciary (Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa)
- changes to the electoral legislation, in order to make elections more free and fair
- powers of the Sejm were adjusted[2]
The 1952 constitution would be even further reformed by the December Novelization and Small Constitution of 1992, and finally replaced in 1997 by a completely new current Constitution of Poland.
External links
[edit]- Law from 7 April 1989 "On amendments to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland(in Polish) (April Novelization)
- Law from 29 December 1989 "On amendments to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland(in Polish) (the December Novelization)
References
[edit]- ^ International Scientific Conference the Quality of Legal Acts and its Importance in Contemporary Legal Space, 4-5 October, 2012. Rozenfelds, Jãnis (1948- )., Latvijas Universitāte. Riga: University of Latvia Press. 2012. ISBN 978-9984-45-564-8. OCLC 876502718.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Constitutions of selected countries after the transition from authoritarian regimes : collection of legal acts. Vol. 1, Estonia, Georgia, Poland. Marszałek-Kawa, Joanna., Piechowiak-Lamparska, Joanna., Ratke-Majewska, Anna., Wawrzyński, Patryk (1987- )., Europejskie Centrum Edukacyjne (Łysomice). Toruń: Europejskie Centrum Edukacyjne. 2013. ISBN 978-83-62363-92-6. OCLC 910005821.
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