WARSAW: A Polish author faces a doable jail sentence for insulting President Andrzej Duda by calling him a “moron” over feedback the latter made about US President Joe Biden’s election victory.
Jakub Zulczyk, who’s the screenwriter behind the favored collection “Blinded by the Lights” and “Belfer”, stated that prosecutors had charged him underneath an article within the felony code for insulting the pinnacle of state in a Fb put up.
“I’m, I believe, the primary author on this nation in a really very long time to be tried for what he wrote,” he stated on Fb.
In his put up on November 7 final 12 months, the author commented on a curiously worded tweet during which Duda congratulated Biden for his “profitable presidential marketing campaign” however stated he was ready for “the nomination by the Electoral School”.
Duda, who’s supported by the populist right-wing Legislation and Justice (Pis) celebration, was an in depth ally of Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump who unsuccessfully contested the election consequence.
Aleksandra Skrzyniarz, a spokeswoman for Warsaw district prosecutors, instructed Polish information company PAP on Monday that prices had been filed towards a person, naming him solely as “Jakub Z”.
“The defendant was accused of committing an act of public insult on 7 November final 12 months on a social networking web site towards the President of the Republic of Poland, through the use of a time period generally recognised as insulting,” the spokeswoman stated.
She added that the cost had been filed earlier this month and that the suspect had been questioned however “didn’t admit to committing the alleged act and gave explanations.”
“He indicated that the assertion constituted a essential evaluation of the president’s actions,” she stated.
In his put up, revealed within the days instantly after the November 3 election, Zulczyk stated that “there is no such thing as a such factor as ‘nomination by the Electoral School'”, including that Biden’s affirmation as US president was “a mere formality”.
“Andrzej Duda is a moron”, the put up stated.
Poland has been criticised repeatedly for its completely different insult legal guidelines, together with one on offending spiritual feeling and one other on insulting the flags of Poland or different nations.
