Extinguishing parliamentary mandates

A gesture of reconciliation from the Supreme Court’s Extraordinary Audit and Public Affairs Chamber

In the formula for the presidential pardon, we read the words "we forgive and forget". Naturally, this refers to the act itself and not to a specific sentence. After all, the act of clemency does not consist of 'forgiving' and ‘forgeting' the judge who issued the...

Conviction of two Polish MPs in violation of presidential clemency law and principle of separation of powers

On December 20, 2023, The District Court in Warsaw, as a court of second instance, issued a verdict sentencing former Chief of Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Michal Wąsik to two years in prison. Kaminski and Wąsik were elected as...