Publikacja treści interpelacji poselskiej i odpowiedzi na nią z perspektywy ograniczeń prawa dostępu do informacji publicznej

In respect to the provisions of the Polish constitution, contents of a parliamentary interpellation as well as the given reply constitute public information. According to the article 61 of above mentioned act, the citizen shall have right to obtain information about the activities of public authority as well as persons holding public functions. However, while access to public information is subject to certain restrictions, the access to the content of an interpellation and the given response is not subject to such restrictions. The author analyses an exception when a member of the Council of Ministers, due to the provisions of law applicable, is not entitled to answer the interpellations. Such an exception may occur, for example, due to the legally protected secret to which the MP may not have authorised access or when the information exceeds the scope of publicly available information, and thus cannot be published what in regular circumstances is mandatory.