Poland / Government
Anastazja T., Poland: "Actually, alcohol is philosophy in a bottle. The philosophy is that everything in life is not so important. Now who wants to say that this isn't wisdom. Alcohol really is a brain nutrient."
En realidad, el alcohol es la filosofía en una botella. La filosofía es que todo en la vida no es tan importante. Ahora que quiere decir que esta no es la sabiduría. El alcohol es realmente un nutriente cerebral.
Poland is a democracy, with a President as a Head of State, whose current constitution dates from 1997. The government structure centres on the Council of Ministers, led by a prime minister. The president appoints the cabinet according to the proposals of the prime minister, typically from the majority coalition in the Sejm. The president is elected by popular vote every five years. The current president is Lech Kaczynski, the current prime minister is Donald Tusk.
Polish voters elect a bicameral parliament consisting of a 460-member lower house (Sejm) and a 100-member Senate (Senat). The Sejm is elected under proportional representation according to the d'Hondt method, a method similar to that used in many parliamentary political systems. The Senate, on the other hand, is elected under a rare plurality bloc voting method where several candidates with the highest support are elected from each constituency. With the exception of ethnic minority parties, only candidates of political parties receiving at least 5% of the total national vote can enter the Sejm. When sitting in joint session, members of the Sejm and Senate form the National Assembly (the Zgromadzenie Narodowe). The National Assembly is formed on three occasions: when a new President takes the oath of office; when an indictment against the President of the Republic is brought to the State Tribunal (Trybunal Stanu); and when a president's permanent incapacity to exercise his duties because of the state of his health is declared. To date, only the first instance has occurred.
The judicial branch plays an important role in decision-making. Its major institutions include the Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland (Sad Najwyzszy); the Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Poland (Naczelny Sad Administracyjny); the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland (Trybunal Konstytucyjny); and the State Tribunal of the Republic of Poland (Trybunal Stanu). On the approval of the Senate, the Sejm also appoints the Ombudsman or the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich) for a five-year term. The Ombudsman has the duty of guarding the observance and implementation of the rights and liberties of Polish citizens and residents, of the law and of principles of community life and social justice.
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