[ought-six]

Regardless, since Duda has the power of pardon; and now that the defendants have been found guilty, and convicted; why doesn’t Duda now just pardon them, and be done with it? Wouldn’t that comply with Polish law, on all sides?

[Dr. Franklin]

Regardless, since Duda has the power of pardon; and now that the defendants have been found guilty, and convicted; why doesn’t Duda now just pardon them, and be done with it? Wouldn’t that comply with Polish law, on all sides?

Because by doing so, Duda would be perceived as admitting that his first pardon was not legally binding. Understand that not all legal systems operate like ours which permits legal arguments to be made in the alternative. It appears he can't just issue a new pardon and argue either this one or that one is valid. The speaker of the lower house revoked the election certificates for these two men, and is not likely to reinstate them without an order from the national Supreme Court, or the Constitutional Tribunal. It's a more complicated legal system than ours with different courts having different competencies, and its not working well.