The Political system of III Polish Republic According to the Project of the Constitution. Put Forward by the Senate Constitutional Commission

Abstract

The present lecture discusses the project of the constitution of III Polish Republic, passed by the Senate Constitutional Commission in April 1991. In working out this project the Commission had in mind the following assumptions:

1.The most appropriate model of the system of State is the democratic model based on Christian values which should embrace:
−the definition of man's position within the state fellowship as the subject of basic rights resulting from human dignity;
−the definition of the sense of State as a fellowship whose aim should be the common good of the human person.

2.From the formal point of view the democratic system of a State should guarantee:
−the sovereignty of the nation,
−the principle of tripartite and equalization of authorities,
−autonomous character,
−political pluralism,
−a freedom to act on the part of other human fellowships, including religious fellowships.