Friends of the Constitution
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The Friends of the Constitution (Polish: Zgromadzenie Przyjaciół Konstytucji Rządowej)[lower-alpha 1] was the first modern Polish political party (with a charter and organizational discipline), formed in May 1791, shortly after the adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, by the efforts of the Patriotic Party. The purpose of the Friends of the Constitution was to defend the reformed political system and to introduce further reforms.[5]
The party's leading members included Hugo Kołłątaj, Ignacy Potocki, Tadeusz Mostowski, Michał Ossowski and Józef Weyssenhof.[5]
The Friends of the Constitution published a periodical, Gazeta Narodowa i Obca (The National and Foreign Gazette).[5]