"It is the free decision of the president - whether he likes it or not, whether he criticizes it or not - that is how the head of the Chancellery of the president of Poland Margaret Paprock explained the pardon of the head of the state Robert Bąkiewicz. As Paprocka noted in the "Guest of Events", Andrzej Duda utilized the scope of the act of grace that Zbigniew Ziobro had previously requested. "The case is closed," she added.
Margaret Paprocka in the Thursday edition of "Guest of Events" referred to a partial pardon of Robert Bąkiewicz by president Andrzej Duda. The head of the presidential law firm was asked by Marcin Fijołek whether the head of state regretted his decision.
- I'm sorry. This decision within the prerogative, the right of grace has been exercised. After 10 years of presidency It's not the emotion that accompanies specified decisions. stressed Paprock.
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- I'm sorry. I have witnessed many times the President's decision whether it is affirmative or negative. There he is. calm assessment of the legal situation, facts, as well, what position the courts or the lawyer General present - stated.
The president pardoned Robert Bąkiewicz. Paprocka indicates at the request of Ziebra
As the chief of law added, "the degree of the law of grace which the president exercised is precisely what the lawyer General requested before taking power by the current coalition in 2023". It's the erstwhile minister. Ziobra bitten.
Marcin Fjołek asked Paprocka about Reason for the President's decision, where the subject was "positive environmental opinion", "incidental character of action" and "stabilized lifestyle".
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- I'm sorry. These are the grounds which arise from the Code of Criminal Procedure and the legal language describes these matters in specified a way. No 1 abstrates from the last decisions of the lawyer General, and above all no 1 abstrates from the circumstances in which the incidental occurred - explained the head of the presidential law firm. - I'm sorry. We're not talking hypothetical, we remember what happened. - added.
"The case is closed". Chief of the President's Office on the decision of Andrzej Duda
To note that the application for the pardon of Bąkiewicz waited 2 years, and the president remembered him just now, Paprocka replied that "here There are no deadlines under the Constitution or another legal acts."
- I'm sorry. This is free decision president of Poland Whether you like it or not, whether you criticize it or not. That is precisely the degree of the President's decision-making freedom. At that point, he made his decision - she explained.
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- I'm sorry. It is known that in the situation around the Border Defence Movement (the initiative set up by Robert Bąkiewicz - ed.), around the situation in the state, 1 can imagine as if there was a suspension of execution. The president made his decision at that point, agreed to the lawyer General's motion and The case is closed. - said Paprock.
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Robert Bąkiewicz pardoned by the President
Robert Bąkiewicz, an activist of national environments, convicted in 2023 for violating physical immunity activists Grandma Kasi, was partially pardoned by president Andrzej Duda.
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- I'm sorry. On Tuesday the decision of the president of the Republic of Poland on 11 July to apply the law of grace to Robert Bąkiewicz sentenced by a final judgement of the court was received. The act of grace includes a waiver of the punishment of restrictions on freedom - informed lawyer General Anna Adamiak. She recalled that this judgement besides ruled the attachment to the victim and the criminal measurement by making the judgement public, but those elements of the judgement were not covered by the pardon decision.
On the President's Chancellery website, information about the application of the law of grace by the president of July 11 "by forgiving the punishment of restrictions on freedom" - without indicating who it is, as always in the case of pardons.
Sentence to Robert Bąkiewicz. Decision of Adam Bodnar
The case was settled in early November 2023. final judgment issued by the territory Court in Warsaw.
The trial from the private indictment of Granny Kasi's activist afraid October 2020 events. Catherine Augustinek She was among the protesters after the Constitutional Court ruling imposing a ban on abortion due to fetal letal defects. In front of the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw there were activists of Robert Bąkiewicz's independency March Association, blocking the entrance to the temple, to which the women wanted to enter. That's erstwhile the situation happened. Grandma Kasia filed a private indictment To Bąkiewicz, accusing him of hurting her.
Bąkiewicz was convicted by a territory court in Warsaw for utilizing force against women protesters on year of community service of 30 hours a period and 10 000 tributes to the victim and making the judgement public. The judgement was fundamentally maintained at the second instance.
10 July 2025 lawyer General Adam Bodnar waived the decision of the predecessors of the times of the Law and Justice the suspension of the punishment against Bąkiewicz.
