| Continuità e discontinuità nel disegno del sistema di governo tracciato dalla Costituzione polacca del 1997 |
| Fascicolo 2001-3 |
| Scritto da Primicerio Luigi |
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Sommario 1. Rilievi introduttivi. – 2. La posizione costituzionale e i poteri del Presidente della Repubblica. – 3. La posizione costituzionale e i poteri del Governo. – 3.1. Il Consiglio dei ministri. – 3.2. La figura e il ruolo del Primo Ministro. – 4. Conclusioni.
Abstract This study examines the key innovative features of the new Polish Constitution (1997) regarding form of government. There is no radical departure from the semi-presidential form of goverment introduced through the “Little Constitution” of 1992. It does, however, introduce a number of significant modifications to the role of the Head of State whose position as guarantor is strengthened but whose executive powers are diminished. At the same time, the 1997 constitution achieves the typical outcome of the majority of semi-presidential systems and reinforces the political authority of the government and, more clearly, that of the Prime Minister who becomes the prime holder of executive power. This is clear not only from the title “Prime Minister” (which is added to that of “President of the Council of Ministers” under the previous Constitution), but from the considerable extension of powers to the office. |