Ignacy Daszyński – Polish Freedom https://polishfreedom.pl The Legal Patch of Polish Freedom Fri, 13 May 2022 11:37:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://polishfreedom.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-logo-32x32.png Ignacy Daszyński – Polish Freedom https://polishfreedom.pl 32 32 Statement from the Polish government https://polishfreedom.pl/en/statement-from-the-polish-government/ https://polishfreedom.pl/en/statement-from-the-polish-government/#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 11:06:38 +0000 https://www.freedom.atractor.pl/?p=1290 Continue reading Statement from the Polish government]]> The Interim People’s Government of the Polish Republic run by Jędrzej Moraczewski, was established by Józef Piłsudski on 18th November 1918. In political terms, it partly continued the policies of the Lublin-based government led by the Prime Minister Ignacy Daszyński. Moraczewski’s Government declared the establishment of a Legislative Sejm, to be elected through a secret, direct, equal, universal, and proportional vote, by popular suffrage. The main task this leadership team assumed upon themselves was to bring about a consolidation of all the Polish territories, rebuild the industry and economy, form a strong army, and unify the state administration, judiciary and fiscal systems. The Government’s programme, announced on 21st November 1918, declared a reform of the economic and social system, which was to be based on the democratic principles ever since; announced expropriation of the large landed-property owners, nationalisation of mines and of the entire industry, introduction of eight-hour working time and the right to strike. The radical agenda of the Moraczewski team caused protests among conservatives; this, in turn, led to the Government’s dismissal on 16th January 1919, as Poland was in desperate need to be represented by a consolidated and unanimous team at the then-nearing peace conference. All the same, a considerable portion of what the Government had announced as part of its programme was eventually put into effect by way of decrees which were countersigned by Józef Piłsudski, the Provisional Chief of State, prior to the formation of the Legislative Sejm.

Government of Jędrzej Moraczewski, photography in public domain
]]> https://polishfreedom.pl/en/statement-from-the-polish-government/feed/ 0 Manifesto of the People’s Government of the Republic of Poland https://polishfreedom.pl/en/manifesto-of-the-peoples-government-of-the-republic-of-poland/ https://polishfreedom.pl/en/manifesto-of-the-peoples-government-of-the-republic-of-poland/#respond Wed, 11 May 2022 11:04:21 +0000 https://www.freedom.atractor.pl/?p=1284 Continue reading Manifesto of the People’s Government of the Republic of Poland]]> Headed by Ignacy Daszyński as Premier, the Provisional People’s Government of the Polish Republic was established on November 7, 1918 in Lublin by a group of independence-oriented Leftist activists (PPS, PSL Wyzwolenie). This Government did not however attain a nation-wide reach, and functioned alongside other power centres, among them the Polish Liquidation Commission in Galicia. The Manifesto called for the dissolution of the Regency Council and the creation of an independent people’s republic. It declared the equal rights of all citizens, irrespective of their nationality or religion, and granted freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and association, and the right to strike. It announced an eight-hour workday in industry, the crafts, and trade and declared it would immediately set about reorganising territorial self-government and forming a people’s militia. The Provisional Government moreover demanded that German troops leave the lands of Poland and expressed its will to resolve all territory-related disputes with neighbouring countries by way of negotiations.

Although the Provisional People’s Government of the Polish Republic was formed by political colleagues of Józef Piłsudski, it did not win his support because of its party-character. Ignacy Daszyński therefore submitted his resignation to Józef Piłsudski on November 12, the day after Piłsudski had returned to Poland from Magdeburg.

Document from the collection of the State Archive in Lublin
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