Opinion: Pardoning 'Staruch' mocks the institution of presidential clemency

Commentator Jakub Majmurek argues in an opinion piece for Wirtualna Polska that the presidential pardon granted to a football hooligan known as "Staruch" is a frivolous and unjustified use of executive clemency. He suggests the decision raises suspicions that the president is repaying political debts to stadium hooligan circles. Majmurek concludes the pardon degrades the entire institution of presidential pardoning in Poland.