Wybory na urząd Prezydenta Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej

Abstract

The subject of the paper is the procedure concerning election of the President of the Polish Republic. The basic issue related to the problems discussed in this paper are passive electoral rights, or requirements for candidates pretending to the office of the head of state. In turn, limitations of these rights are expected to protect the highest office in the state. Of crucial importance here are the procedures strictly associated with the process of voting. You can say that their aim is to conduct selection of the head of state in a reliable and honest way. When analyzing the subject of this paper, particular attention should be paid to the importance of the presidential oath which gives the President the possibility of starting his office. Causes of expiry of the presidential mandate are also significant because on their occurrence depends the necessity to order new elections. The problem described in the presented paper is only a small part of the analysis of all issues related to the functioning of the office of the President of the Polish Republic.