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Poland: Former PiS Ministers Put on Trial as Political Purge Deepens
Two leading opposition figures from Poland’s former conservative government, Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, are to stand trial after prosecutors in Warsaw filed indictments accusing them of violating a court-imposed ban on holding public office. The Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office confirmed on Thursday, October 16th, that the pair, now Members of the European Parliament, are charged with continuing to exercise their parliamentary mandate…
Polish opposition politicians to stand trial accused of violating ban on holding office
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Opposition politicians Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik, who both served as ministers in Poland’s former Law and Justice (PiS) government, will face trial afte…
The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik with the District Court for Warsaw-Śródmieście on Thursday, announced Piotr Antoni Skiba, spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw.
The high-profile case involving two former heads of the Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA) is resurfacing. The prosecutor's office has filed an indictment against Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik. Politicians are responding online, accusing the investigators of political motivations. The dispute over their credentials and immunities has been ongoing for months – now it may enter a new phase.
The prosecutor's office alleges that Kamiński and Wąsik did not comply with the final court ruling prohibiting them from holding public office and at the end of December 2023 they exercised their mandates as members of parliament.
Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik are facing charges of violating a ban on holding public office. Both politicians deny the accusations.
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