Post by Jaga on Jan 11, 2024 18:13:20 GMT -7
there is a big drama in Poland and international news about two members of parliament being in jail - trying to hide in presidential palace. Eventually the president gave them a pardon.
www.politico.eu/article/andrzej-duda-pardon-mariusz-kaminski-maciej-wasik/
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Thursday that he would pardon two members of parliament facing two years in prison for abuse of power — a significant retreat on his earlier position that a pardon he issued in 2015 was enough to spare them from jail.
He said he made the decision after meeting with the wives of Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik earlier in the day.
The two were members of parliament for the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which ruled Poland from 2015 until October’s general election.
They were convicted in December of using fake documents in a 2007 attempt to incriminate the coalition allies of Law and Justice. They ignored the verdict and took refuge in Duda’s palace in central Warsaw before being arrested Tuesday evening.
www.politico.eu/article/andrzej-duda-pardon-mariusz-kaminski-maciej-wasik/
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Thursday that he would pardon two members of parliament facing two years in prison for abuse of power — a significant retreat on his earlier position that a pardon he issued in 2015 was enough to spare them from jail.
He said he made the decision after meeting with the wives of Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik earlier in the day.
The two were members of parliament for the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which ruled Poland from 2015 until October’s general election.
They were convicted in December of using fake documents in a 2007 attempt to incriminate the coalition allies of Law and Justice. They ignored the verdict and took refuge in Duda’s palace in central Warsaw before being arrested Tuesday evening.