Legal opinion on the request from the group of Deputies, of 9 November 2011 for an order requiring the removal of a L atin cross located in the (...) Cover Image

Opinia w sprawie wniosku grupy posłów o wydanie zarządzenia nakazującego usunięcie krzyża łacińskiego znajdującego się w sali posiedzeń Sejmu RP.
Legal opinion on the request from the group of Deputies, of 9 November 2011 for an order requiring the removal of a L atin cross located in the (...)

Author(s): Lech Morawski
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: Poland; Latin cross; the Constitution; the Sejm; the Parliament;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this legal opinion is to examine the proposal submitted to the Speaker of the Sejm on 9 November 2011 by a group of Deputies requesting “ issuance of an order requiring the removal of a Latin cross located in the chamber of the Sejm”. The author claims that the request of a group of Deputies is not legitimate and based on a false and tendentious interpretation of the law. In his view, nobody has the right to demand that the Catholic majority live according to these principles, which he/she does not believe to be right, as this would mean a gross violation of that majority’s right to self-determination in their own country.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 105-112
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish