On Tuesday morning, the police tried Bring Maciej Vesik and Mariusz Kaminski to prison. However, the politicians did not meet at home, both were on their way to a meeting with President Andrzej Duda.
PiS politicians visited the presidential palace throughout the day. Officers entered the building only when the head of state arrived at the Belvedere Palace.
Reuters after arrest of PiS MPs: This will intensify the conflict
The media from abroad noticed the event. “Police entered the presidential palace on Tuesday to enforce a court order to jail the former interior minister and his deputy,” Reuters reported. As commented, this situation “It will further aggravate the conflict between the head of state and the new government“.
It was also noted that Prime Minister Donald Tusk had previously accused President Andrzej Duda Obstruction of justice. The agency also noted that their appearance at Krakow's Przemyśl Palace “prompted the police to search for them in cars leaving the building,” it added.
In turn, the BBC reported that “Polish police arrested the former interior minister and deputy interior minister at the presidential palace in Warsaw. Unprecedented political theater“.
It was noted that the head of state “may settle the dispute, He forgives men again Now that the verdict is final.” “However, this will call into question the legal status of the original pardon,” the British broadcaster said, noting that after the arrest Several hundred supporters of PiS organized a rally in front of the palace as a gesture of support for politicians.
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This was reported by the American newspaper “Washington Post”. President Duda invited PiS MPs for the ceremony of appointing their new advisors. “His office released a photo of him posing with all four of them,” he said.
It was also added that previously Marshal Shimon Holonia postponed the scheduled session of the Seimas to next week, which was supposed to resume on Wednesday.
Foreign media quotes the Prime Minister
“These events escalated the dispute between the new governmentled by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the conservative Law and Justice party that ruled Poland for eight years,” ABC News reported.
In this context, the German “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” also writes about Tuesday's events in Poland, which in the text entitled “Detention in the President's Palace” emphasizes that Andrzej Duda wants. Rescue two PiS politicians from prison. Prime Minister Tusk OHe assesses the behavior of the president as sabotage“- it is said.
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First of all, the media quoted the head of the Polish government in which he said that “The situation is unbelievable“and announced that he should respect the court's decision.
“Tusk's allies welcomed the arrests, argue that they constitute holding officials accountable. (…) Former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was among PiS representatives who expressed outrage and called the arrested men “political prisoners”, writes the Washington Post.
