Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
approves Council of Ministers of Poland
canAmend Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997
surface form: 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
surface form: Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
languageOfProceedings Polish
legislativeBodyFor Council of Ministers of Poland
surface form: Government of Poland
legislativeBranchOf Republic of Poland
locatedIn Warsaw
mainFunction government oversight
lawmaking
meetsIn Warsaw
meetsInBuilding Sejm complex in Warsaw
surface form: Sejm complex
nativeName Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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

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Warsaw isSeatOf Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)
Sejm partOf Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)
this entity surface form: Parliament of Poland
Senate of Poland partOf Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)
this entity surface form: Parliament of Poland
President of Poland impeachmentInitiatedBy Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Poland
Polish Peasant Party (independent wing) operatedIn Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)
this entity surface form: Polish parliament
Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate) nativeName Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Polish parliament
this entity surface form: Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej