Kierowanie obronnością kraju i kształt sił zbrojnych w pracach Sejmu RP po 1989 roku

After 1989 Poland entered the stage of political system transformation. Its political system underwent complete revaluation. The Sejm’s position, as one of the third components of state power took an entirely different shape. The basic changes occurred also in the defence area. As one of the most important state power bodies, the parliament plays a definite role in the process of national security shaping, in military aspects including. The Sejm, despite restricting its previous mainly normative role, maintained the crucial position to perform legal functions. It co-ordinated and even, in some periods of time, clearly influenced government defence policy. Its role to co-operate in defence policy of the state was also perceived by military studies. It is difficult to answer the question concerning the results of ten-year activities of selective state power bodies in the defence area and cannot be evaluated in an univocal and positive way. It appears that for many years there was not a model of vision for Poland to aspire to guarantee its security in a military dimension. The article touches on only a fragment of issues concerning the parliament actions in the state defence system, the considerations have been limited exclusively to the command problems of the national defence and the shape of the armed forces, hoping that the material presented will arise the readers’ interest.