Problems of the Region in Parliamentary Interpellations: An Analysis Based on Interpellations Submitted during the 9th Term of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland by MPs from Constituency No. 41

Abstract

The subjective and objective scope of the MPs’ authority to control the activity of the government results from the provision of Art. 95 para. 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 and the Act of 1996 on the Exercise of the Mandate of an MP and Senator, Art. 16 para. 1 and Art. 19 para. 1. The statutory right to submit a parliamentary interpellation and obtain a response to it are recorded in the Rules of Procedure of the Sejm. The aim of the article is to discuss important issues related to parliamentary interpellations. Interpellations on matters of the region submitted by MPs from constituency no. 41 in 2019–2023 were analysed. The subject of the discussion was the essence of interpellation, its addressees, problems and issues that are the basis of the questions asked, the impact of parliamentary groupings’ work on the issue of interpellation and the manner of answering interpellations by government administration bodies. An attempt was made to assess the submitted interpellations with regard to their contents and number. The article uses the following methods: analysis of legal documents, comparative and statistical methods.