nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200516-013414-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200515s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200516-013414-0 doi eng 342 23 Kustra-Rogatka, Aleksandra Author aut Between Constitutional Tragedy and Political Farce On the Postponement of the Presidential Elections in Poland Kustra-Rogatka, Aleksandra Verfassungsblog 2020-05-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier One of the two basic genres of ancient drama is tragedy – fate thwarts all the intentions and actions of the main protagonist, leading him to his doom. In such terms does the governing coalition in Poland attempt to present what befell the presidential elections in Poland – just a few days before the elections, the leaders of the two coalition parties issued the decision that the elections would not take place on the planned and constitutional dates. Was it indeed the lack of cooperation from the opposition, despite the strenuous attempts and herculean efforts of the government, that made it necessary to postpone the elections? funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Poland Presidential Elections Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/between-constitutional-tragedy-and-political-farce/ raw object