nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20171218-104428 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 171218s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20171218-104428 doi eng 342 23 Rakowska-Trela, Anna Author aut Next Stop on the Way to Constitutional Disarray in Poland: Electoral Law Reform Rakowska-Trela, Anna Verfassungsblog 2017-12-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Last Thursday, the Sejm has passed another hugely controversial law that might change the constitutional setup in Poland without changing a letter of the constitution itself. The law claims, according to its title, to „increase the participation of citizens in the process of electing, functioning and controlling certain public bodies“ (doc. 2001). In large parts, it consists of amendments to the Polish Electoral Code (E.C). Its adoption is opposed by the parliamentary opposition, by the electoral administration bodies and by many experts. The enactment of this law would violate the principle of a democratic state ruled by law in three ways. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Electoral Law Jaroslaw Kaczynski Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/next-stop-on-the-way-to-constitutional-disarray-in-poland-electoral-law-reform/ raw object