Part I. Questions about the General Principles on which the Subnational Government of our Voivodeship Serves the Citizens

Question 2: Who exercises subnational government authority in our Voivodeship?

2.1 The subnational government authority in the Model Voivodeship belongs to the citizens of the Voivodeship, who exercise this authority directly or through the institutions of the subnational government of our Voivodeship. The subnational government authority shall be exercised within the framework and limits set by the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, international agreements binding on the Republic of Poland, including the law of the European Union, national statutes and regulations.

2.2 Citizens shall participate in the exercise of the subnational authority, in particular through referenda and electronic referenda, including Electronic Voivodship Referenda on the distribution of funds from the Civic Family Budget and other civic budgets, participation in the Civic Dialogue concerning draft Voivodeship Resolutions and other acts of voivodeship and local law, Citizen’s Legislative Initiative, initiating or participating in Social Consultations, participation in sessions (traditional and electronic) of legislative bodies of the subnational government in our Voivodeship and convening civic sessions of these bodies. 

2.3 The system of democratically elected subnational authorities in our Voivodeship is based on the principle of separation of powers: legislative, executive, judicial and independent control institutions. The system of these authorities is presented in the table below:
Legislative Power Executive Power Judicial Power Independent Control Institutions 
National Level Sejm of the Republic of Poland Senate of the Republic of Poland Council of Ministers Supreme Court  Constitutional Tribunal Supreme Administrative Court  National Council The judiciary President the Republic of Poland National Election Commission Other national independent institutions (within the scope of their competence) The College of the Voivodeships
Voivodeship Level Diet [Sejmik] Voivodeship Senate  Voivode The Voivodeship Council of Ministers  Voivodeship Executive Agencies The Supreme Voivodeship Court County courts Voivodeship Audit Chamber  Voivodeship Ombudsman
County Level Council  City Council Mayor  Board of Executives
Commune Level Council Mayor

City with County Rights Level

2.4 The seats of the voivodeship authorities are cities with county rights in our Voivodeship.



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