On March 26th 1982 seym changed some paragraphs in a constitution, about creating Constitutional Tribunal (Trybunal Konstytucyjny) and State Tribunal (Trybunal Stanu). On July 6th seym carried an act related to the foundation of both Tribunals. Also Social-Economic Council (Rada Spoleczno-Gospodarcza) was founded. In charge of it was professor Jan Szczepanski. On January 11th official press reported about the creation of the Citizens' Committees of National Rescue (Obywatelskie Komitety Ocalenia Narodowego) (OKON) in cities, towns, communities, which started co-operating with the army's operating groups. Later on its base Patriotic Movement of National Revival (Patriotyczny Ruch Odrodzenia Narodowego) was founded. On July 20th 1982 a proclamation concerning the formation of PRON was signed by the representatives of PZPR, ZSL, SD and catholic organizations co-operating with the authorities: PAX, ChSS and PZKS. In September press reported about the change of OKON into committees of PRON and creating temporary councils of PRON in seventeen provinces. On December 17th 1982 a first sitting of PRON was held, whose chairman was Jan Dobraczynski - a well-known writer and member of PAX.
The government had to take decisions about suspended Solidarity. The act about trade unions, which was confirmed by seym on October 8th 1982, dissolved all of them and defined conditions according to which new ones were allowed to be founded. It meant the end of Solidarity.
A new union act limited the right to strikes, forbade strikes with the political capacity. Next day, after enacting the union act, TKK said that it did not agree to the dissolution of Solidarity. It also announced that there would be a general protest (four-hour strike) on November 10th. In spite of strikes and demonstrations started on October 11th, the strike, which was planned for November 10th, was not a success. Together with the dissolution of Solidarity there appeared a problem - what to do with Lech Walesa. After his interning (on December 13th 1981) he was kept in Chylice near Piaseczno, later in Otwock and at the end in the governmental office in Arlamow. A part of members of Political Office supported the idea that internment of Walesa should be changed into arrest and as a consequence of it, a court case against him and other leaders of Solidarity. Other members suggested making him emigrate. At last attitude of those, who had opted for setting Walesa free without any conditions, won.
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| One of the speech of general Wojciech Jaruzelski. |
On July 22nd 1983 the martial law was officially withdrawn.
On July 20 the 1983 seym carried the act which gave new rights to the administrative authorities. A few days later a bill about a censorship was enacted. The tasks of Committee of Country's Protection (Komitet Obrony Kraju) were changed. KOK was allowed to introduce the exceptional laws or the martial law and during its being, it became the main administrative authority. At the end of 1984 the act related to communication, which admitted exclusive right in spheres of post, telecommunication, radio, television and press was accepted.
However so-called normalization - as a tragic irony - was also a period of time in which police terror intensified. During that time there took place incidents like: beating Grzegorz Przemyk who in the result of it lost consciousness and life, murder of the priest Jerzy Popieluszko.
The next election to seym was planned for October 13th 1985. After the election there were changes in the government. General Wojciech Jaruzelski took the post of the chairman of State Council (Rada Panstwa), keeping the post of the first secretary of KC PZPR. The new prime minister was Zbigniew Messner.