Polish Sejm - 4th June 2009 Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament.
The Sejm in the People's Republic of Poland had 460 deputies throughout most of its history. At first, this number was declared to represent one deputy per 60,000 citizens (425 were elected in 1952), but, in 1960, as the population grew, the declaration was changed: The constitution then stated that the deputies were representative of the people and could be recalled by the people — but this article was never used, and, instead of the "five-point electoral law," a non-proportional, "four-point" version was used. Legislation was passed with majority voting.
After the fall of communism in 1989, the Senate was reinstated as the upper house of a bicameral national assembly, while the Sejm became the lower house. The Sejm is now composed of 460 deputies elected by proportional representation every four years.

Twenty years after the first Polish free elections.
The blue baloon is about European elections on 7th June.

avene, darek1978, saxo042, swiatopelk777, BeBeHooker, paololg, AiresSantos has marked this note useful

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avene (11014) 2009-06-04 5:40

hello Malgorzata,
congratulations on this anniversary that is important for the whole Central and Eastern Europe.
the blue baloon looks quite surreal against the serious-looking building, but certainly adds a festive mood to the scene.

best,
Kristine

Aviller (3106) 2009-06-04 5:48

Nice shot. The Polish flag and blue balloon illustrate the new European "connection" quite well. I think the picture could perhaps use a very slight tilt to the left but other than that it is a good capture with fine colors.

Silvio1953 (41803) 2009-06-04 6:01

Ciao Malgorzata, beautiful composition with Polish parlamient, good light and colors, I like a lot insertion of blue ballon, we all are in Europe, very well done, ciao Silvio
PS tomorrow a emkapov for you:)

Booz (13854) 2009-06-04 7:05

hola margarita :) - nie podejme tematu politycznego bo bardziej zaskoczy³o mnie to jak± macie piekn± pogodê :)
pozdrawiam,
T

darek1978 (11239) 2009-06-04 9:06

Witaj Malgosiu,
Widze, ze wszyscy zgodnie swietuja;) A i jest co....doskonale pamietam te czasy, ktore takze i mnie po czesci dopadly. Ladne zdjecie i swietna nota.
Pozdrawiam,
D.

cobra112 (11554) 2009-06-04 10:16

Ciao Margherita. Good light and DOF and very interesting insertion of nice blue ballon.

Roberto

saxo042 (15694) 2009-06-04 12:16

Hi Malgorzata,
An important day of Polish history, and there are many pictures on TE today with this theme. This is definitely one of the best. A fine composition with a good diagonal line through the blue balloon. Also the "red detail" at the top!
Kind regards
Gunnar

lousat (15390) 2009-06-04 13:43

Hi Malgo,this blue balloon make a difference in this very nice perspective.A very interesting place,i hope isn't full of bad people like in Italy...ehehe...my best compliments for the perfect realisation,have a nice day,LUCIANO

Fis2 (45849) 2009-06-04 13:46

Czesc Malgosia!
Baloniki na druciku...
Dobry kadr isuper kolory.
Ostrosc i swiatlo nadaja klimat.
Fajnie kontrastuje "bialo-czerwona" z niebieskim balonikiem.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

ophelcia (5456) 2009-06-04 15:09

Dzisiaj wszyscy tak uroczyście podeszli do tematu....każdy z innym DZIEŁEM!
Ten balonik jest bekowy, na tle tak poważnej instytucji!!! (Szwedzi mówią na BAŁAGAN=POLSKI SEJM)
I tym optymistycznym akcentem, powrócona z koncertu - pozdrawiam,
G.

MrCairo (4701) 2009-06-04 23:37

Ten dzien trzeba pamietac i juz :)
pozdrawiam
Wojtek

swiatopelk777 (8510) 2009-06-05 1:46

Cze Goska!
Ide o zaklad, ze na PiS nie zaglosujesz w niedziele.
Szacun!

jasmis (50440) 2009-06-05 2:25

Zmyślne i na czasie. Balon w dobrym europejskim kolorze.
Pozdrawiam.

BeBeHooker (5526) 2009-06-06 4:58

Serwus Malgoska!
Tez ide na wybory i wiem na kogo zaglosuje. No w kazdym razie nie na malacyh zakompleksionych facecikow.
Siemka!

paololg (13761) 2009-06-07 15:03

Ciao cara Malgorzata,
hai avuto una bellissima idea, è veramente piacevole il contrasto di questo pallone blu che ricorda il colore dell'Europa Unita. Una composizione in stile metafisico, bravissima!
Ciao, buona settimana!
Paolo

AiresSantos (42156) 2009-06-07 23:57

Hi Malgorzata
Beautiful POV and colours in this good composition.
I like to see your country flag on top and the blue ballon in foreground
Have a nice week
Aires

raszid62 (3137) 2009-06-08 0:21

Cze¶æ
Piêkny budynek niestety okupowany przez brzydkich, niem±drych cz³owieczków. Szkoda tego budynku dla tej ma³o¶ci wewn±trz niego. Bardzo fajne zdjêcie a ten balon odlotowy.Pozdrawiam
Józek