Marek Kuchciński laid flowers at the stone dedicated to the 3rd of May Constitution in Przemyśl. - This day has been celebrated for a year since its adoption, the Constitution gave us great strength, some historians say that it was the first regaining of independence - said the Speaker of the Sejm of the 8th term. Marek Kuchciński also reminded that a year ago in the Sejm busts of two marshals of the Great Sejm were unveiled (Pole and Lithuanian) Stanisław Małachowski, whose name is inscribed on the stone in Przemyśl, and Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha (Marshal of the Confederation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), outstanding politicians and co-founders of the 3rd of May Constitution.

The Constitution of May 3 was the work of the Four-Year Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, celebrated today by both Poland and Lithuania. It was also the culmination of many years of efforts to repair the Polish state, an expression of the collective wisdom of Poles striving to repair their own state in crisis, and evidence of the possibility of a compromise between the majesty of the Republic in the person of the king and the nation represented by deputies and senators.

The Constitution adopted 229 years ago was the first in Europe and therefore it had a great impact on the development of constitutionalism, as well as democracy on a universal scale. Its authors had a vision of a renewed Republic and nation as a political community including all states and ethnic, language, regional and religious groups. They were to be united by the rights and liberties of the Republic. The Government Act stated: "All power of a human community takes its origin from the will of the people". Thus, the nation was recognized as the sovereign.