Polish President Pardons Jailed Opposition Politicians, Highlighting Legal Chaos
• Poland's president pardoned two jailed politicians from the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party and called for their release from prison.
• The politicians, Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, were jailed for abuse of authority charges from when they worked at the anti-corruption bureau.
• The president had originally pardoned them in 2015 but it was overturned. He has now pardoned them again citing their poor health and protests by PiS supporters.
• The pardons highlight the legal chaos in Poland after years of PiS rule, with contradictory rulings from different courts on the same cases.
• The new government aims to restore rule of law but faces criticism even from legal experts about evicting PiS loyalists from state institutions.