Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)

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bicameral legislature

The Polish parliament, consisting of the lower house Sejm and the upper house Senate, is the bicameral national legislature responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of Poland.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature →
approves	Council of Ministers of Poland →
canAmend	Constitution of Poland →
canBeDissolvedBy	President of Poland →
canOverrideVetoOf	President of Poland →
canPass	statutes →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 →
convenesJointlyAs	National Assembly of Poland →
country	Poland →
electoralAuthority	National Electoral Commission of Poland →
elects	Commissioner for Human Rights of Poland → President of the National Bank of Poland → President of the Supreme Audit Office of Poland → members of the National Broadcasting Council → members of the National Council of the Judiciary →
establishedInCurrentForm	1989 →
hasCommitteeType	extraordinary committees → standing committees →
hasLowerHouse	Sejm →
hasPart	Sejm → Senate of Poland →
hasPower	budget approval → declaration of a state of war → granting consent to deployment of armed forces abroad → ratification of international treaties → vote of no confidence in the Council of Ministers →
hasUpperHouse	Senate of Poland →
headOfStateInteraction	receives presidential messages →
historicalPrecursor	Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
languageOfProceedings	Polish →
legislativeBodyFor	Government of Poland →
legislativeBranchOf	Republic of Poland →
locatedIn	Warsaw →
mainFunction	government oversight → lawmaking →
meetsIn	Warsaw →
meetsInBuilding	Sejm complex →
nativeName	Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej →
openSessionsPolicy	generally public sessions →
oversees	Council of Ministers of Poland →
publishes	Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland (Dziennik Ustaw) →
supervises	Supreme Audit Office of Poland →
termLengthLowerHouse	4 years →
termLengthUpperHouse	4 years →
votingSystemForLowerHouse	proportional representation →
votingSystemForUpperHouse	first-past-the-post →
website	https://www.sejm.gov.pl → https://www.senat.gov.pl →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sejm ("Parliament of Poland") → Senate of Poland ("Parliament of Poland") →	partOf
President of Poland ("National Assembly of Poland") →	impeachmentInitiatedBy
Warsaw →	isSeatOf
Polish parliament ("Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej") →	nativeName
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing) ("Polish parliament") →	operatedIn