Drużyna Solidarności. Jak wybierano kandydatów na posłów i senatorów, czyli późniejszych członków Obywatelskiego Klubu Parlamentarnego
Drużyna Solidarności. Jak wybierano kandydatów na posłów i senatorów, czyli późniejszych członków Obywatelskiego Klubu Parlamentarnego

Summary/Abstract: Due to the referendum nature of the elections in June 1989, the future deputies and senators of the opposition Civic Parliamentary Club were actually elected in April that year, when the election lists of the Citizens’ Committee were closed. These peculiar primary elections varied in different parts of the country and were not free from disputes (both at the regional level and on the “regional” – Warsaw line). Besides, some of the leading opposition activists did not take part in the elections, following the example of Lech Wałęsa. The latter, however, was strongly present in the election campaign of people representing the Citizens’ Committee, whose distinguishing feature – in the vast majority – was a photo taken with the leader of “Solidarity”. Undoubtedly, this “Solidarity” team, not always fully democratically elected, achieved success in the elections, filling almost all the seats in the Sejm and Senate of the Polish People’s Republic, which it could potentially win. The opposition representatives elected to the parliament formed there the Civic Parliamentary Club.

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