On Thursday, Andrzej Duda met the wives of Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Vesic – Barbara Kaminska and Roma Vasic – at the presidential palace.
The president announced this in a statement released to the media He starts the pardon procedure Regarding the former heads of CBA. – 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 head of state said.
Gavakovsky: The time of reason is coming
– The president started to act according to the constitution and reason. He realized that he made a wrong decision eight years ago. No one denies the president's prerogatives, but if it weren't for the decisions made eight years ago, we wouldn't have a problem today, said Vice Prime Minister Krzysztof Gavkowski in an interview with Onet. “The law should be applied equally to everyone, and if the president wants to use the amnesty law, he can, but it's a shame that he realized so late that his decisions could lead to a crisis,” he added.
– The law should be applied according to the law and not according to political will. I hope that the time will come for the relationship between the government and the president, Gavkovski said.
Kaminski and Vesik were arrested
In December, the court sentenced the former heads of CBA, Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Vasik, to two years of absolute imprisonment for the so-called Land scandal, despite the fact that in 2015 President Andrzej Duda used the amnesty law against them (after an indefinite sentence). PiS politicians do not recognize either the court verdict or the decision to terminate the parliamentary mandate.
Kaminski and Wasik were arrested on Tuesday evening at 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 Thursday, the media reported that Kamiński and Wąsik They are already deported from the Warsaw-Grokhov Detention Center. The PiS politicians were sent to two different prisons – Kaminski was transferred to the pre-trial detention center in Radom, and Vesik to Przytuli Stare prison near Ostrolenka.
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