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Solidarity Electoral Action
political coalition, Poland
Also known as: AWS, Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność
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history of Poland
- In Poland: The constitution of 1997
…loose coalition known as the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS), challenged the draft submitted by the National Assembly and called for its rejection in a national referendum. In May 1997 the referendum approved the draft by a slim margin. The constitution came into force in October 1997.
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role of Buzek
- In Jerzy Buzek
…a candidate of the conservative Solidarity Electoral Action (Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność; AWS) coalition, was elected to the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish legislature. The AWS won a plurality of seats in the election, but the group’s leader, Marian Krzaklewski, declined the post of prime minister. The AWS then…
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