The article aims to analyze the position of the head of state and his powers of an inhibitory nature against the legislature. The paper presents the conditions for the President of the Republic of Poland to use the mechanism of shortening the term of parliament, filing a legislative veto and applying to the Constitutional Court for a preventive constitutionality review. The article analyzes the powers that the President has vis-à-vis the legislature and the actions it takes, as well as his role as an arbiter in a crisis situation in the chambers of parliament. The rationale and limitations on the use of inhibitory powers by the head of state against the legislature are discussed. In drafting this article, the dogmatic-legal method was used to analyze the effectiveness of the post-1997 application of the powers vested in the President against the legislature.