President Andrzej Duda said he made the decision out of concern for the health of the imprisoned politicians - and also because it's what he says Law and Justice party supporters wanted.
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00:00 Polish President Andrzej Duda has once again pardoned two former politicians who were sentenced to two years in jail.
00:08 Former Interior Secretary Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wasik had been convicted of abuse of power.
00:16 They were arrested two weeks ago after a standoff between the new centrist government and their previous conservative administration.
00:24 Duda already pardoned the two in 2015. He said this time he had done so because of concern over the pair's health.
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