According to PiS, the current
Third Polish Republic is a post-communist creation whose very foundations must be changed to create a truly democratic state free of its past. For the constitution of the new Fourth Polish Republic, PiS made a draft which outlined several points including: • Defining moral and national traditions as forming the axiological foundation of the constitution • An
Invocatio Dei • A clear idea of the nation-state, derived from ideas of "
independence" and "democracy"
in contrast with "enslavement" and "communism" • Defining the clear concept of the goals of the state as serving the common good of the citizenry. • Placing the family as a fundament of social life and it's rights under the special protection of law. • Insurance of the primacy of Polish constitutional law over International law. • Specification of the place of individual authorities, especially executive centers, in the Polish legal system. • A clear division of competences in administrative order. • A clear concept of state control over all spheres of public life. Politicians from other parties have criticized PiS for their proposal, citing it as a violation of the principles of
Democracy and
Secularism. Criticism which supporters of PiS claimed was a result of an initiative by the political establishment to maintain power for their own interests. During
Jarosław Kaczyński's tenure as prime minister from 2006-2007, a fourth republic was not declared or implemented in any meaningful way despite the party's campaign heavily focusing on it. == Concept of a Fourth Polish Republic Post-2000s ==