- April Novelization
April Novelization ( _pl. Nowela kwietniowa) refers to the changes (
constitutional amendment s) to the 1952Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland , agreed in April 1989, in the aftermath of thePolish Round Table Agreement .Among key changes were:
*restoration of theSenate of Poland and the post of thepresident of Poland (the latter annulling the power of the Polish Communist partygeneral secretary )
*introduction of theNational Court Council ("Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa")
*changes to the electoral legislation, in order to make elections more free and fair
*powers of theSejm were adjustedThe 1952 constitution would be even further reformed by the
Small Constitution of 1992 , and finally replaced in 1997 by a completely new currentConstitution of Poland .
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