Gergely Gulyas, head of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's office, said former Polish deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski has taken political asylum in Hungary. Earlier, the lawmaker's lawyer Bartosz Lewandowski announced that he had been granted international protection.
After hours 21.50 Marcin Romanowski speaks on Polsat News. “The EU member states have given the Warsaw regime a red card,” he said, confirming that he had been granted political asylum in Hungary.
“In fact, the Hungarian state has made it clear that by offering me legal protection, it is responding to systematic persecution in Poland,” the PiS lawmaker said. As the person himself said, he submitted the application himself.
Hungarian Romanovsky. “A country that is kind to Poland”
The interviewer asked Romanovsky why he had applied for asylum in Hungary. The politician claimed that “Hungary is a friendly country for Poland.'' “I asked for legal protection because I had not committed a crime and was participating in a campaign,” he explained. The politician declined to say whether he had discussed asylum with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Marcin Romanowski also spoke about his health prior to the detention hearing, and the lawmaker had been hospitalized. – Before I knew it, I was in the hospital for what was supposed to be a quick and easy surgery. Severe bleeding and life-threatening complications developed completely unexpectedly, he explained. This was the justification for his absence from the district court meeting that decided to keep him in pre-trial detention for three months.
Romanovsky broke the silence. First words after exile in Hungary
Marcin Romanovski spoke about his current situation for the first time on wPolsce24.pl TV on Thursday night. Examples of rule of law violations he cited in his application include: “Forcible takeover of public media and courts” and “misconduct and crime” in the investigation into the Justice Fund.
Romanowski said on the air that Hungary's decision confirms that in Poland “we are dealing with systematic violations of the rule of law under the rule of Mr. Tusk, Mr. Bodnar and the entire December 13 Union.” He said that. – Representatives of opposition parties cannot expect a fair trial. I have repeatedly emphasized, and will continue to emphasize, that I do not intend to shirk my responsibilities. I'm the first one interested in clarifying this issue. There is one basic condition. This matter must be brought before an independent and bipartisan judiciary. In Poland you don't have to deal with such situations at all. We are dealing with criminals who have taken over the National Prosecuting Authority, he added.
“There may be mistakes in the legal system, but in this case they are not side effects, but open, brazen, serious crimes and the purpose of these proceedings,” the PiS politician said. pointed out. He continued that while the decision to relocate was difficult for him, “the situation appears to be maturing to the point where more drastic measures are needed.”
– Regarding the two charges, I have proven criminal acts. Mr. Romanovsky further stated that the evidence was fabricated in order to make two absurd charges against me for acting without authority for a period of one month.
The PiS MP assured that thanks to the international protection he received in Hungary, his “silence will end” and he will be able to comment on his case and current events.・Poland under the Tusk government is becoming a lawless state. That is why I decided to take this difficult but necessary step to show the international community that the situation in Poland is bad and that it is ruled by political bandits, he explained.
Romanovsky incident. European arrest warrant issued
We would like to remind you that a court decision led to the temporary arrest of Marcin Romanovsky in connection with the investigation into irregularities in the disbursement of funds from the Justice Fund. Investigators are concerned that the lawmaker, although free, may be acting improperly.
The PiS politician was said to have been hospitalized ahead of his detention hearing and has since been discharged. First, an arrest warrant was issued for Romanovsky, and on Thursday a European arrest warrant was issued.
In the late afternoon, word broke that Romanovsky had been granted asylum in Hungary. The local government positively evaluated the PiS MP's application. It was said that the politician could not expect a fair trial in Poland. Romanovsky pointed to the political involvement of some judges on the government's side and the public declarations of “reconciliation” by their predecessors.
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