The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-26
Force New Polish Constitution

the welfare of the whole Polish
State. This is directed especially |
against the deputies of the subject
nationalities, and of course against
the Communist and revolutionary |
peasant deputies, who are counted
among the elements hostile to the
State" Failure to keep this oath
can involve serious consequences.
On the demand of the Marshall of
the Seym, or of one quarter of the
number of deputies prescribed by
the constitution, or on the order of
the minister of justice, the "per-
jured' deputy can be brought be-
fore the tribunal and declared to
have forfeited his seat.
In order to be able to clear the
oppositional groups in the Seym out
of the way the more successfully,
the bill demands that the submits
sion OF bill must be accompanied
by the signatures of one-sixth of the
total deputies, an Interpolation by
those of one-fifth, and a vote of no
confidence by those of one-fourth.
Meetings Farce.
The Seym meets once a year for
four months. It's chief task is to
pass the budget, but the Seym is not
permitted to make any alterations
beyond those proposed by the budget
commission. If the Seym has not
settled the budget question within
1-2 months, the budget is declared
to be accepted.
A vote Of confidence can be passed
only by the absolute majority of the
constitutional quorum of deputies,
and even then not until the lapse of
seven days after its submission lin
order to give the government time
to exercise pressure on the dep
uties). Should the vote of no con-
fidence be passed, the president is
entitled either to accept the resig-
nation of the cabinet or to dissolve
the Seym.
Besides the Seym, there is the
Senate, one-third of the members of
which are elected by the government
and two-thirds by popular vote (low-
est age limit: so years.. In this
way guarantee is provided that the
!, Senate, even more than hitherto.
, will be stronghold of fascist reac-
ton and bureaucracy. The amend
ments by the Senate to Seym enact
ments can be rejected by the Seym
! only by three-fourths majority.
, Discards Parliamentary Mask.
The fascist dictatorship has laid
aside it's parliamentary mask. This
bureaucratic and anti-parliamentary
constitution, directed against the
workers, peasants, and oppressed ma
, tionalities, is the constitutional sane
tioning of the existing fascist rule
, The Communist Party of Poland
, calls upon the working masses tc
: take up the struggle. But not in
> defense of bourgeois democracy
which does not really exist. The
o Polish c. P. exposes the hypocrisy
q of the social democrats and other op.
, portunists, who call for the defense
of threatened democracy" The C
P. of Poland combats this constitu
ton bill as it combats the fascist
dictatorship, for one cannot be sep
arated from the other.
G. p. of Poland Fights On.
The fascist constitution is not only
S the expression of the ruling fascis
g dictatorship. 1t is more than this
d it means that the fascist dictatorship
h has secured it's foothold and is pre-
. pairing to deal an even severer blow
J to the workers movement, to tn
v peasants and the oppressed national
tiles. Therefore the c. P. Of Polan'
d does not regard the fascist constitu
It ton as a purely formal alteration
IS For the Communist Party of Pc
a land the new fascist constitution bill
e is the signal for an intensified strug
J. gle against the fascist dictatorship
= for the struggle for the workers
e and peasants government, for tn
dictatorship Of the proletariat.
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