Tomasz Siemoniak told TVN24 that, as Marcin Romanowski's lawyer Bartosz Lewandowski wrote in a statement, “The Hungarian government has accepted Member Romanowski's request and approved the Refugee Law 2007 in connection with the Polish government. “Were you surprised that they granted him international protection based on this?” The violation of his rights and freedoms was investigated by the National Prosecution Service, a subsidiary of the National Prosecution Service.
The head of the Interior Ministry replied that he was surprised that the former deputy justice minister had decided on this path because “Today it's Budapest, tomorrow it's Moscow.”
Tomasz Siemoniak: “This is a political decision by President Orban''
Tomasz Siemoniak said such a decision was an “escape from Poland's justice system” because it was an independent court, not politicians, that decided to order his arrest. And the Parliament of the Council of Europe “abandoned Mr. Romanovsky's immunity and, with this decision, clearly stated that this case was of a purely criminal nature.”
He stressed that it was a “strange situation” in which the Hungarian government “decided not to apply the European Arrest Warrant, which is a European regulation”. He added that this is “an even more important issue than the fate of Mr. Romanowski, who will sooner or later – I guarantee you – face the Polish judicial system.” Ta.
Mr. Siemoniak asked, “What kind of interests are connected between Mr. Orbán's Hungarian government and PiS?'' He recalled that “a gas station in Poland was handed over to the Hungarians,'' and added, “When Mr. Orbán took office, He also mentioned rumors that there is talk of a possible acquisition of TVN. The backbone of the Russian people.”
– This is a political decision by President Orbán. After all, these are his deep ties with the PiS team and the willingness to confront Poland, the Interior Ministry chief said.
He also said that Prime Minister Orbán's declaration that all people who are politically persecuted in their countries would be welcomed to Hungary “sounds like an invitation to all current opposition politicians who may have problems with the law. ” he said. He added that “there are three new requests for exemption from immunity from MPs Krzysztof Szczucki, Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, and Daniel Obaytek,'' so “Maybe Prime Minister Orbán will be able to appeal to more people. We know that he is already preparing to flee to Hungary.”
“There will be a silent war with Hungary.” Tomasz Siemoniak on Marcin Romanowski's defection
When asked what the Polish government would do about the asylum granted to Mr. Romanowski, he said: “The prime minister will make the decision regarding Poland-Hungary relations, because neither Mr. Orbán's words nor his actions are acceptable.'' answered. “Hungary will definitely suffer the consequences of such actions against Poland,” he said, noting that the country also has “many interests towards Poland.” As an example of this outcome, he noted that Poland may also not extradite a Hungarian national suspected of a crime.
Asked if he intended to wage a silent war with Hungary within the European Union, he admitted so, pointing out that it would be “Hungary's choice.”
Marcin Romanowski exiles to Hungary
Poland's former deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski has taken political asylum in Hungary, Gergely Gulyas, head of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's office, confirmed to mandiner.hu on Thursday night.
On Thursday, Romanowski's lawyer Bartosz Lewandowski also announced that the Hungarian government had accepted PiS lawmaker Marcin Romanowski's application and granted him asylum. As he said, Mr. Romanovsky sought asylum in connection with “politically motivated actions by the police and the State Prosecutor's Office.”
Earlier, also on Thursday, the Warsaw District Court announced the issuance of a European arrest warrant for Marcin Romanowski. Therefore, the court agreed to the prosecutor's office's request for the issuance of an EAW. This order will now be translated by the public prosecutor's office and entered into the Schengen information system, forming the basis for searches for Romanovsky in all EU member states.
National Prosecutor's Office Spokesperson Przemysław Nowak announced that the police headquarters had forwarded a request to open an international investigation against Romanowski (the so-called Interpol Red Notice investigation) to the Interpol General Secretariat in Lyon. Once approved, the memo will be published in Interpol's database and made available to all member states.
Fraud in connection with the Justice Fund. Accusation against Romanowski
The National Prosecutor's Office accused Romanowski, a politician of Polish Solidarity (then sovereign Poland) and deputy head of the Ministry of Justice overseeing the Justice Fund from 2019 to 2023, of committing 11 crimes, including: I'm making an accusation. Join organized crime groups and arrange competitions to obtain funds from this fund. These crimes were to include, inter alia: “By showing subordinate employees which organizations should win the competition for Justice Fund grants.”
The politician also allegedly ordered amendments to incorrect proposals before submitting them and allowed grants to be awarded to groups that did not meet formal and material requirements. The charges against Romanowski also relate to “misappropriation of property entrusted to the suspect in the form of money totaling more than 107 million zlotys and attempted embezzlement of money exceeding 58 million zlotys”.
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