nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7c3493e4f9c68aa7 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240513s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7c3493e4f9c68aa7 doi eng 342 23 Jelonek, Mariusz Author aut The Autocratic Party-Structure of PiS - Institutional Reasons for the Polish Constitutional Crisis from a Comparative Perspective Jelonek, Mariusz Verfassungsblog 2024-05-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Political parties are the heart of every parliamentary democracy. This post aims to explore what categorises political party-structure as autocratic and postulates a reform of political parties in Poland as partially inspired by German legal solutions. Namely, the main executive body of the party must consist of at least three members elected no less frequently than every two years. Furthermore, all party members must be allowed to propose electoral candidates. Finally, decisions on party offices and electoral nominations must be carried out by a secret ballot. CC BY-SA 4.0 Autocratic structure EU EU Poland Polen Political parties Reform (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4046496-9 gnd Polen Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-autocratic-party-structure/ raw object