Posted 1/11/2024, 5:43:00 PM
Polish President Vows New Attempt to Pardon Jailed Former Party MPs
- Polish President Andrzej Duda pledged to pardon two jailed MPs from his former Law and Justice (PiS) party
- The MPs were convicted of abuse of power for using fake documents against a rival coalition in 2007
- Duda had pardoned them in 2015 but that was overturned; he is now being more careful with the new pardon
- Imprisonment of the MPs has become a huge political issue for PiS, who accuse the new government of trampling rule of law
- PiS leaders appeal to EU to get involved but so far the EU isn't intervening