Posted 1/10/2024, 9:25:41 PM
Former Polish Minister Stages Hunger Strike in Presidential Palace After Abuse of Power Conviction
- Former Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski took refuge in presidential palace to avoid 2-year jail sentence for abuse of power
- Kaminski announced hunger strike, declared himself a "political prisoner"
- Incident escalates campaign by defeated Law and Justice party to resist transfer of power
- Standoff ended peacefully; Kaminski taken into custody along with former aide also convicted
- Comes after Law and Justice party lost parliamentary majority in October 2022 elections