(ANSA-AFP) - WARSAW, JAN 11 - Polish President Andrzej Duda
said on Thursday he would pardon two populist ex-lawmakers who
were arrested at his residence following a court ruling. After a
meeting with the men's wives, Duda said he would "launch the
pardon procedure" at their request, calling the detained Law and
Justice (PiS) politicians "political prisoners". The
high-profile case is the latest instance to pit Poland's new
pro-EU authorities against the populist PiS party, which lost
power in an election last year. (ANSA-AFP).
Polish president says will pardon jailed ex-lawmakers
He called them "political prisoners"