Dwukadencyjność w debatach parlamentarnych o wprowadzeniu limitacji kadencji wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów
Two-term limitation in parliamentary debates on the introduction of term limits for heads of villages, mayors and presidents

Summary/Abstract: For many years, there has been a discussion in the Polish parliament on the introduction of a limit on the number of terms of office for heads of villages, mayors and presidents. In 2018, the regulation was implemented by the Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS). The aim of the article is to find out whether other political parties were also in favor of introducing the two-term limit. Two hypotheses were put forward. According to the first hypothesis, political parties were generally in favour of two-term limits and, according to the second hypothesis, local politicians affiliated with parties were also in favour, while non-party local politicians were sceptical about this change. The validity of the above assumptions was checked on the basis of an analysis of parliamentary work and anonymous interviews with local politicians.

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