President Duda pardons Kamiński

President Andrzej Duda has pardoned Mariusz Kamiński, the former head of the anti-corruption bureau, who was sentenced  to three years in prison and a 10 year ban from holding an office for abusing of power. "In the president's view, this case had a political character," said presidential adviser Andrzej Dera. "People who fight corruption ... deserve special protection," he added. According to critics, Kamiński was circumventing law while in office, and was overzealous in his anti-corruption efforts, targeting innocent people. The decision stirs controversy among legal experts, as some of them argue that the president had no right to pardon Kamiński prior to appeal proceedings. “The president's decision is a symbol of the restoration of integrity to public life,” Kamiński said on Tuesday. Mariusz Kamiński was sworn in as a minister in Beata Szydło's government on Monday.