The election of 4 June [25]
The election of 4 June
Face value: 25 pln
Alloy: 900/1000 Au
Diameter: 12 mm
Weight: 1 g
Finish: proof
Mintage: 40000 pcs
On the edge: smooth
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2009-06-03
Issue price: 220 pln
Designer: Urszula Walerzak
Designer: Urszula Walerzak
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On 1 July 1945, the Council of National Unity, a Polish underground
parliament representing political parties working under occupation,
was dissolved. Prior to dissolving, the Council issued a manifesto to the
citizens, the so-called Testament of the Fighting Poland, containing the
sentence: 'Democracy is the rule of the majority selected in free general
elections through a five-feature vote'. It took nearly half a century for this
rule to finally become reality.
The elections agreed in Yalta were held as late as on 19 January 1947.
The results, despite the compulsion and terror used during the electoral
campaign (murders, arrests, prison sentences), were falsified anyway. The
only opposition, the Polish Peasant Party and the Labour Party, officially
won ...