The Scope of an Individual Parliamentary Accountability of Persons Appointed to the Council of Ministers to More than One Post Cover Image

Zakres indywidualnej odpowiedzialności parlamentarnej osoby powołanej w skład Rady Ministrów na więcej niż jeden urząd
The Scope of an Individual Parliamentary Accountability of Persons Appointed to the Council of Ministers to More than One Post

Author(s): Maciej Pach
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Government/Political systems
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: individual parliamentary accountability; vote of no confidence; member of the Council of Ministers

Summary/Abstract: This article provides an analysis of the scope of individual parliamentary accountability of personsholding more than one Government post. According to the author, the scope of responsibility to Parliamentarising from holding separate posts by the same person at the same time should also be treatedseparately. It is, therefore, possible to pass a vote of no confidence on a particular politician relatingnot only to both, but also to one of the posts held by him/her. There are no obstacles that couldprevent politician who is president of the Council of Ministers and at the same time holds anotherpost in Government from being held individually responsible before Parliament. However, this responsibility will be limited to that additional office, as currently the Constitution excludes the voteof no confidence on the head of government.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 57-73
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish