Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Wąsik were tried and arrested in connection with the land scandal. Many supporters of law and justice are wondering when we will see the freedom of the former ministers. Deputy Minister of Justice Arkadyush Mircha left no doubt.
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When will Kaminski and Vesik be released?
As we wrote earlier, last Tuesday (January 9) Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Wąsik They were arrested by the police while hiding in the presidential palace. The intervention took place in the evening, when the President himself was in the Belvedere Palace, where he met with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Svetlana Tsykhanuskaya.
Andrzej Duda announced that he has started the process of pardoning the convicts, and supporters of the United Right are demanding their release. Will PiS politicians leave prison soon? The Deputy Minister of Justice gave a clear answer to this question Arkadyush Mircha.
– However, I do not want to change the prosecutor and be responsible for him Of course, it won't be hours, and it probably won't be a matter of the next few days – he told TVN24 and emphasized that this is not an easy issue to analyze.
First of all, as a result of the initiation of the pardon case, the Prosecutor General asks the courts that decide on these cases to send the case materials, and only on the basis of these materials, the Prosecutor General will prepare a conclusion, but also make it possible. decision whether to continue the sentence or not.
What will happen with the Kaminski and Vesik pardons?
– If Andrzej Duda wanted Mariusz Kaminski and Maciej Wasik to leave prison immediately, he would have used art. 139 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Then the men would be home in a few hours – he explains in an interview with naTemat.pl Prof. Nikolai Maletsky.
Such a solution – the lawyer notes – will be quick, effective and will once and for all release Maciej Vasik and Mariusz Kaminski from serving the sentence for the crimes they were convicted of in the land scandal.
– Instead, President Duda chose the pardon process. Unlike the amnesty act issued directly on the basis of the constitution, the prison door will not open for PiS politicians at the snap of a finger. The president has initiated a multi-stage procedure, which, if implemented seriously, will not take less than a week, the expert explains.