Abuse of law by Central and Eastern Europe heads of states
ENIn my article I would like to indicate essential issues connected with the problem of abuse of competence and powers by Heads of State in young democratic countries of Central and Eastern Europe. These countries tend to adopt some specific constitutional solutions. This phenomenon has been influenced by several negative factors that are somehow typical of young democracies, such as, e.g., lack of parliamentary stability or certain-over legal‖ rules of conduct that have failed to develop (due to lack of time). These factors plus sometimes deliberate abuse of entrusted powers have led to some kind of distortion of the institution of Head of State resulting in the situation when legal provisions depart from the constitutional practice. Among numerous solutions, and taking into consideration practices applied so far in the discussed countries, it seems that Constitutional Court is the most appropriate adjudicating body because of its professionalism and a lower degree of politicization than in other cases. Whereas it goes without saying that basic punishment, although not necessarily the only one, in case of proved charges must be dismissal of a person whose conduct contradicts the importance and high standing of the office they hold. Moreover, consolidation of certain appropriate conducts unfortunately requires time, which young democracies have simply lacked so far. Key words: constitutional liability, president, impeachment.
