WARSAW – A Polish writer and journalist could face up to three years in prison for calling President Andrzej Duda a “moron” in a Facebook post in November.
Jakub Zulczyk accused Duda of failing to understand the United States (US) electoral process in a tweet to Joe Biden.
Duda’s tweet stopped short of recognizing his victory, pending Electoral College confirmation, but hailed his “successful campaign”.
Following US media reports of a presidential victory for Biden on Nov. 7, Duda tweeted: “Congratulations to Joe Biden for a successful presidential campaign.
“As we await the nomination by the Electoral College, Poland is determined to upkeep high-level and high-quality PL-US strategic partnership for an even stronger alliance,” the tweet added.
Referring to the tweet, Zulczyk wrote he studied US politics with a keen interest, and he “never heard of such a thing as Electoral College nomination”.
“Joe Biden is the 46th president of the USA,” he wrote, adding: “Andrzej Duda is a moron.”
Text used in the post was deemed “offensive” and “unacceptable”, prosecutors said.
Poland has made it a crime to insult state leaders and religion.(BBC)
