Radoslav Sikorski, the head of this ministry, wrote on social networks: “The diplomatic passport of the martyr against the embezzlement of public money, intended for victims of crime, is in the custody of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
“The diplomatic passport of the martyr against the embezzlement of public funds, intended for victims of crime, is in the custody of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” wrote Sikorski in X.
Marcin Romanovsky was wanted on an arrest warrant
Former Deputy Minister of Justice, current PiS MP and ex-politician of Sovereign Poland Marcin Romanowski has been wanted with an arrest warrant since Thursday. On Monday, the Warsaw-Mokotow District Court decided to put the politician in three-month detention as a suspect in the investigation of the Justice Fund.
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In addition to diplomats, diplomatic passports are issued to persons who perform important functions in international organizations. Romanowski is a member of the Polish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The immunity he was entitled to on this account had already protected him from arrest once, but was eventually revoked. The National Prosecutor's Office accuses Romanowski, who as a politician of the united Poland (and then the independent Poland) was the deputy head of the Ministry of Justice in 2019-2023, who oversaw the Justice Fund, of committing 11 crimes, including: participation in an organized criminal group and organizing contests to receive money from the fund that was supposed to help the victims of crime.
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Romanovsky, in particular, is suspected of falsifying tenders for multimillion-dollar grants from the Justice Fund. Since Tuesday morning, police officers searched the addresses where he was in order to arrest the deputy. The Prosecutor's Office said that the PiS MP has not accessed the Internet since December 6 and does not use any number registered with his personal information. There were suggestions in the media that Romanovsky might flee abroad.
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