nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4a89ec508a1f3eeb DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 231012s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4a89ec508a1f3eeb doi eng 342 23 Kisilowski, Maciej Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-9390-6818 The Election’s Aftermath - How PiS Might Prevent a Peaceful Transfer of Power Kisilowski, Maciej Verfassungsblog 2023-10-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Reenergized by the former liberal prime minister and EUCO president Donald Tusk, Poland’s democratic forces are well positioned to deliver a stunning upset on Sunday. If this indeed materializes, we must resist the temptation to think of the critical post-election days and weeks as a regular democratic transfer of power. Instead, what will happen should be understood as an inherently perilous collapse of an authoritarian regime. Several legal and constitutional provisions are capable of being weaponized by the ruling PiS party to thwart the peaceful transfer of power. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism PiS Poland Polish elections Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-elections-aftermath/ raw object