Revolution – conscious or unconscious

Abstract

The undermining of the political position of the Constitutional Tribunal by the ruling majority seen since 25 October 2015 is one of a sequence of events, of largely legislative character, which in fact put an end to the status of the Republic of Poland as a state governed by the rule of law. The government, as well as president, is, by taking numerous measures or omitting to take others, putting itself above the Constitution. The manner as well as the speed at which the Seym passes resolutions concerning major spheres of public life such as legislative acts with respect to the police, electronic media, the civil service, or the prosecutor’s office, which are being adopted without public consultation and in an atmosphere in which the rights of the opposition are ignored, is a blight on procedural democracy, stirring deep concerns about the goals that the current government is setting itself. The accompanying movement of personnel in high official positions in the state administration, the police, government agencies, companies with State Treasury participation and public media  would seem to escape full control and the intensity with which it is forced
through may lead to chaos in public life and result in a temptation to impose authoritarian rule.