Posted 1/10/2024, 3:21:00 PM
Poland's President Fights for Jailed Opposition MPs
- Poland's president vows to fight for release of 2 jailed opposition MPs, one of whom is on hunger strike
- MPs were convicted in 2007 of abuse of power from their time in previous government
- They were pardoned in 2015 but supreme court annulled it; appeals court upheld prison sentences
- Situation causes "deep constitutional crisis" - parliament postponed, president could dissolve it
- New government aims to restore rule of law and accuses former ruling party of sparking "judicial chaos"