Editing Polish Round Table Agreement (section)

==Sessions==
The sessions were divided into three main [[committee]]s:<ref name="Dudek">{{cite book |last=Dudek |first=Antoni |title=Polityczna historia Polski 1989-2023 |publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe SCHOLAR |year=2023 |isbn=978-83-67450-66-9 |location=Warsaw |pages=13 |trans-title=Political history of Poland 1989-2023}}</ref>
*Political reforms committee
*[[Trade union]]s [[Pluralism (political philosophy)|pluralism]] committee
*Economy and social politics committee
Alongside main committees [[subcommittee]]s and [[working group]]s were established:<ref name="Dudek"/>

* Subcommittees:
** Subcommittee on [[ecology]] 
** Subcommittee on [[mining]]
** Subcommittee on housing policy 
** Subcommittee on youth affairs 
** Subcommittee on science, education and technical progress
** Subcommittee on [[Judiciary of Poland|law and court]] reforms
** Subcommittee on [[Agriculture in Poland|agriculture]] 
** Subcommittee on [[Mass media in Poland|mass media]] 
** Subcommittee on [[Political association|associations]] and [[local government]]
** Subcommittee on [[Health care in Poland|healthcare]]
* Working groups:
** Working group on [[wage]] and [[income]] [[indexation]]
** Working group on property rights of trade unions
** Working group on amending the Trade Union Act
** Working group on local government
** Working group on associations
** Working group on assumptions for the [[Draft document|draft act]] on the rights of certain employees to re-establish an employment relationship
** Working group on the act on trade unions of individual farmers.

Specific issues were handled by these work groups, although meetings often ground to a halt. This was caused by a mutual distrust of the factions and an obvious unwillingness of the government faction to relinquish power. The most controversial questions were:
*Pay raises and indexation
*Future pluralist elections
*The limit of the future president's competence
*The limit of competence for the future [[Parliament of Poland|parliament]]
*The access to [[mass media|mass communication media]] by opposition forces

Principal negotiators of the governing coalition and the opposition camp were chosen by their leaders; respectively Wojciech Jaruzelski (although he did not participate in the talks), Mieczysław Rakowski, Józef Czyrek and Stanisław Ciosek, and then Lech Wałęsa and Henryk Wujec.<ref>Kofta et al., p. 240–242.</ref> It is essential to notice that both parties maintained a sense of high legitimacy during the conversations; Solidarność based on representing the society and transparent informing the broad public about the course of the talks, whereas the authorities based on holding the real power and belief that they still represent the interests of a vital part of the society.<ref>Kofta et al., p. 243–245.</ref> The most important topics of negotiations were future elections, the position of the president, Senate, practical reforms of the state's structure, and bringing back free associations and unions.<ref>Kofta et al., p. 251–254.</ref>

Several radical opposition organizations opposed the talks as they did not believe in the good intentions of the sitting government. Despite their fears, several critical documents were signed after the sessions on 5 April. These documents became known as the Round Table Agreement.