Prime Minister of Poland
The Prime Minister of Poland (Polish: Rady Prezes Ministrów in short, Premier) is the head of government. Acting prime minister is Donald Tusk.
Authority and powers
According to Articles 148, 149 and 161 of the current Constitution of 1997, the Prime Minister has the following authority and powers:
- He represents the Council of Ministers
- Directs the work of the Council of Ministers
- Adopt ordinances
- Ensure the implementation of the Council of Ministers policies and determines the manner of their implementation
- Coordinate and supervise the work of the members of the Council
- Exercises supervision over the local self-government in the specified in the Constitution and the laws of boundaries and forms of
- Is the supervisor of all the officials of the government administration
- Transfers tasks to the individual ministers
- Council of Ministers may cancel at the request of the Prime Minister an ordinance or an arrangement of a Minister
- To the proposal of the Prime Minister, the President makes changes to the composition of the Council of Ministers
Nomination and election
According to Article 154 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic of Poland defines the prime minister, which subsequently proposed by the members of the Council. The President has the Prime Minister and the members of the Council of Ministers convened together within 14 days after the constitution of the Sejm to remove their oath. Within 14 days after the appointment by the President, the Prime Minister, the Sejm, the work program of the Council of Ministers before and requested to issue him the confidence. The trust is pronounced by the Sejm by an absolute majority vote in the presence of at least half of the statutory number of Deputies.
If the Prime Minister is not called by the President within the time limit or is it not pronounced by the Sejm confidence, the Sejm elects after the two 14 -day periods also within 14 days of a Prime Minister and his proposed members of the Council of Ministers by an absolute majority of votes. Thereafter, the President shall convene a turn the Prime Minister and the members of the Council together to decrease their oath.
If a newly elected Sejm together, then the previously incumbent prime minister to offer the resignation of the Council of Ministers under Article 162 of the Constitution. The President shall then receive the resignation of the Council of Ministers and signed him into office continue until the appointment of the new Council of Ministers. The President may also refuse to accept the resignation of the Council of Ministers, when the Prime Minister should also offer his own resignation.
Oath of Office
The Prime Minister, his deputies and the ministers have to make under Article 151 of the Constitution before the President of the Republic of Poland the following oath:
" Obejmując urząd Prezesa Rady Ministrów ( wiceprezesa Rady Ministrów, ministra ) uroczyście przysięgam, ¿e dochowam wierności postanowieniom Konstytucji i innym prawom Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, a dobro Ojczyzny oraz pomyślność obywateli dla mnie Beda zawsze najwyższym nakazem. "
" I kick the Office of the Prime Minister ( Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the Minister ) and solemnly swear that I will be faithful to the provisions of the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Poland, and that the welfare of the country and the welfare of the citizens I will always be the highest duty. "
The oath may also have the following sentence shall be added:
" Tak mi dopomóż Bóg "
" So help me God "
Motion of censure and resignation
The specifications for a censure motion are defined in Article 158 of the Constitution. Thus, at least 46 MPs to censure in the Sejm and at the same time have to nominate a new candidate for the office of Prime Minister. The application shall be deemed accepted if the majority of the legal number of deputies has voted in favor. A request may be made no earlier than 7 days after introduction to the vote. A new application is possible at the earliest 3 months after the introduction of the previous application.
On a successful vote of no confidence then the entire government must resign and the President shall appoint a new prime minister. This has to face in the Sejm of confidence then with his Cabinet. If no new government obtained the confidence of the Sejm, must be held new elections, which are scheduled by the President.