Admissibility of Deputy’s publication of a brochure summarising the term of office of the Sejm and distribution of gadgets during the ongoing election campaign Cover Image

Dopuszczalność wydania przez posła broszury podsumowującej kadencję Sejmu oraz rozdawania gadżetów podczas trwającej kampanii wyborczej
Admissibility of Deputy’s publication of a brochure summarising the term of office of the Sejm and distribution of gadgets during the ongoing election campaign

Author(s): Ewelina Gierach
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: election campaign;elections;Deputy;mandate

Summary/Abstract: In the author’s opinion, it is necessary to separate the sphere of exercising a Deputy’s mandate and the sphere of election campaigning. The key to determining to which of these spheres the publication of a brochure summarising the term of office of the Sejm belongs is the presence of contents of an evaluative nature in the brochure, which should be qualified as an element supporting its classification as canvassing. Regarding the distribution of gadgets, the author states that what is relevant is not the inclusion of data regarding the Deputy on the gadgets themselves, but the circumstances in which the gadgets are distributed, which may speak in favour of considering them as a form of canvassing.

  • Issue Year: 80/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 205-212
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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