Mariusz Kaminski is in prison in Radom, and Macie Vesik is in a facility in Przytuli Stare near Ostrolenka. Protests organized by law and justice politicians have been held there for several days.
On Sunday, those gathered in Przytuli Stare chanted Vesik's name and “we are with you”. Once a former minister appeared at one of the windows of the prison.
“Photo of the day: Maciej Wąsik poses in the window of the Przytuli Star detention center in a gesture of solidarity with the demonstrators gathered under the prison walls,” wrote Piotr Semka, columnist for Do Rzeczy on the X website.
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Kaminsky and Vesik were arrested in the presidential palace. They went to prison
Last week Mariusz Kaminski and Macie Vesic stayed They were arrested in the presidential palace, where they stayed at the invitation of President Andrzej Duda. PiS politicians were first taken to the police station at ul. Grenadiers, and then in the Grokhov pre-trial detention center.
On January 10, they were transferred to other prisons – Kaminski prison in Radom and Vesik in Przytuli Stare. Before that, both politicians started a hunger strike.
The former ministers remained December In 2023, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison in the activity e. land scandal, even though President Andrzej Duda used the amnesty law against them in 2015. He did so after a partial ruling, which lawyers dispute.
On January 11, the president announced – after meeting with the spouses of Kaminski and Vesik – the beginning of the pardon process. INHe also appealed to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General Adam Bodnar to release them from prison until the end of the process.
There is a pardon procedure. What does the president's decision mean?
Article 568 of the Code of Criminal Procedure referred to by Andrzej Duda stipulates that pardon requests addressed directly to the President will be forwarded to the Prosecutor General for review. After rendering the conclusion, the court must transfer the case to the first instance to consider this case. The court must consider the request within two months of receiving it.
The regulation states that if “compelling reasons” support clemency, especially when it is justified by a shorter sentence, the sentencing court and the state police may suspend or order a termination of the sentence. execution until the end of the sentence. Pardon process.
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