April Novelization

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The April Novelization (Polish : Nowela kwietniowa) was a set of changes (constitutional amendments) to the 1952 Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland, agreed in April 1989, in the aftermath of the Polish Round Table Agreement.^[1]

Among key changes were:

restoration of the Senate of Poland and the post of the president of Poland (the latter annulling the power of the Polish United Workers' Party general secretary)^[2]
introduction of the National Council of the Judiciary (Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa)
changes to the electoral legislation, in order to make elections more free and fair
powers of the Sejm were adjusted^[2]

The 1952 constitution would be even further reformed by the December Novelization and Small Constitution of 1992, and finally replaced in 1997 by a completely new current Constitution of Poland.

External links

Law from 7 April 1989 "On amendments to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland (in Polish) (April Novelization)
Law from 29 December 1989 "On amendments to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland (in Polish) (the December Novelization)

References

↑ International Scientific Conference the Quality of Legal Acts and its Importance in Contemporary Legal Space, 4-5 October, 2012. Rozenfelds, Jãnis (1948- )., Latvijas Universitāte. Riga: University of Latvia Press. 2012. ISBN 978-9984-45-564-8. OCLC 876502718.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
1 2 Constitutions of selected countries after the transition from authoritarian regimes : collection of legal acts. Vol. 1, Estonia, Georgia, Poland. Marszałek-Kawa, Joanna., Piechowiak-Lamparska, Joanna., Ratke-Majewska, Anna., Wawrzyński, Patryk (1987- )., Europejskie Centrum Edukacyjne (Łysomice). Toruń: Europejskie Centrum Edukacyjne. 2013. ISBN 978-83-62363-92-6. OCLC 910005821.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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[1] International Scientific Conference the Quality of Legal Acts and its Importance in Contemporary Legal Space, 4-5 October, 2012. Rozenfelds, Jãnis (1948- )., Latvijas Universitāte. Riga: University of Latvia Press. 2012. ISBN 978-9984-45-564-8. OCLC 876502718.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[:0-2] 1 2 Constitutions of selected countries after the transition from authoritarian regimes : collection of legal acts. Vol. 1, Estonia, Georgia, Poland. Marszałek-Kawa, Joanna., Piechowiak-Lamparska, Joanna., Ratke-Majewska, Anna., Wawrzyński, Patryk (1987- )., Europejskie Centrum Edukacyjne (Łysomice). Toruń: Europejskie Centrum Edukacyjne. 2013. ISBN 978-83-62363-92-6. OCLC 910005821.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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