Polish police have arrested the former interior minister Mariusz Kaminski and deputy interior minister Maciej Wasik inside the presidential palace in Warsaw in a day of unprecedented political theatre.
The duo was sentenced to two years’ jail last month for abuse of power when they led an anti-corruption office in 2007.
Following the arrests, the new interior minister Marcin Kierwinski wrote on official account proves everyone equality before the law
The men, who were elected PiS MPs in October, refused to recognise last month’s court decision because President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, pardoned them for the crime in 2015.
Reacting to the development, the Polish president said in a televised address on Wednesday that he was deeply shaken by the two men being jailed, and described them as honest.
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