Party members will be able to choose between Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowsk or foreign minister Radosław Sikorski.
Party members will be able to choose between Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowsk or foreign minister Radosław Sikorski.
Former PiS minister Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were also convicted and pardoned in relation to the same case.
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The pair was handed prison sentences yesterday but President Duda insists his decision to pardon them still stands.
“Poland cannot be considered a state of law if its organs infringe the provisions of the law,” said the judges.
The losing candidate and his party had previously indicated that they accepted the result.
Polish president Andrzej Duda was re-elected for another five-year term on Sunday.
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