The author formulates the assumption that public authorities in Poland are less
able to hold accountability in connection with the changes introduced to the political system
under the rule of the United Right. The aim of this article is to justify this assumption by presenting the current conditions of accountability of public authorities. In defining
accountability, the author uses the approaches of R. Mulgan and M. Bovens. Following
these authors, she distinguishes three stages of accountability: information, discussion, and
consequences. The article presents the legal grounds and restrictions on access to public
information, discussion of government policy and imposing sanctions on public authorities
and officials. The author formulates a conclusion on the accountability deficit of public
authorities in Poland due to the limitation of discussions in the parliament and public
media and the breaking of the chain of accountability at the stage of consequences, which
results mainly from the political subordination of the prosecutor’s office.
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