nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200421-182516-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200421s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200421-182516-0 doi eng 342 23 Kustra-Rogatka, Aleksandra Author aut The Constitution as a Bargaining Chip - COVID-19, Presidential elections in Poland and a Constitutional Amendment Bill under Consideration Kustra-Rogatka, Aleksandra Verfassungsblog 2020-04-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Poland’s government is refusing to announce an emergency state, presumably in order to go ahead with the Presidential election on 10 May. Instead, the ruling coalition in Poland has been presenting increasingly controversial proposals aimed at ensuring that the country’s PiS-aligned President will remain in office. The most recent one envisages a constitutional amendment which would extend the president’s term of office. This proposal is nothing but an attempt to blackmail the opposition: either vote for a constitutional change or be blamed for the consequences of holding a presidential election during the pandemic. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutional Law Coronavirus PiS Presidential Elections Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-constitution-as-a-bargaining-chip/ raw object