President Andrzej Duda announced this on Thursday He starts the pardon procedure Against the former heads of CBA, Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Wasik.
– My act of pardon in 2015 was legal. Nevertheless, today the gentlemen are in prison and their lives are in danger every day. Therefore, at the request of the wives of Mariusz Kaminski and Macie Wasik, I decided to start the pardon process. This will be a presidential process, absolutely in accordance with all constitutional standards, the president said.
He referred to Art. Under Article 568 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and asked Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar to release both PiS politicians from prison for the duration of the pardon process.
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Rafal Trzaskovsky commented on the President's decision on the air of TVN24. – The situation is tragic and a bit grotesque. I'm smiling because the president clearly admitted his mistake.
In his opinion, “it is absolutely clear that the previous pardon was simply done in violation of all the regulations and no one took it seriously.”
– The president actually admitted that he violated the regulations and the constitution. Now this amnesty will actually be able to take effect because at this point it is in compliance with the regulations, Trzaszkowski said.
He added that the decision of the head of state does not change the fact that Kaminski and Vesik “are no longer deputies”. When asked whether both PiS politicians are thinking of coming to the next session of the Seimas, the president of the capital answered: – It depends on whether we want to escalate the conflict or not. PiS wants to escalate it.
Kaminski and Vesik were arrested. They went to prison
The former CBA chiefs, Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Wasik, remained on Tuesday evening. They were arrested in the presidential palace, where they stayed at the invitation of the president. PiS politicians were first taken to the police station at ul. Grenadiers, and then in Grokhov's advance division.
On Wednesday, they were transferred to other prisons – Kaminski prison in Radom and Vesik in the town of Przytuli Stare near Ostrolenka. Before that, both politicians started a hunger strike.
The former ministers remained December According to the final verdict, 2023 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.
The Supreme Court issued two contradictory decisions regarding PiS politicians
Kaminski and Vesik do not recognize either the court's verdict or the decision of the Speaker of the Seimas, Shimon Holonia, to terminate the parliamentary mandate. They appealed his decision to the Supreme Court, and the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs ruled in their favor. In turn, the Labor Chamber of the Supreme Court rejected Kaminsky's appeal.
After the arrest of PiS politicians, about 300 people protested in front of the presidential palace. The action was also held at the police station, and then at the detention center. There he appeared among others: PiS President Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who spoke about the “unbelievable scandal” and the “first political prisoners since 1989”.
On Thursday, a demonstration organized by Law and Justice was held in front of the Sejm with slogans “Protest of Free Poles”. According to the organizers, more than 300,000 people gathered there. people. On the other hand, the Warsaw City Hall estimates the number of participants to 35,000.
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