– I think that Marcin Romanovsky is in Hungary – said lawyer Roman Giertich, a representative of the Civil Alliance, in “Kropka nad i” on TVN24. He explained that this is “probably the only country whose courts will not extradite him if requested by the prosecution and the Polish courts in connection with the European arrest warrant.”
For nine days, the services have been trying to determine the whereabouts of Romanovsky, who was wanted in connection with the court decision on the temporary arrest of the PiS deputy. The prosecutor's office requested such a ruling due to concerns over “procedural fraud” by the former deputy minister in the case of the Fund of Justice, in which 11 charges were filed against Romanovsky. Romanovsky's defense lawyer Bartosz Lewandowski appealed against the decision to arrest him.
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Giertych: I think Romanovsky is in Hungary
Roman Giertych, lawyer, representative of the Civil Alliance, head of the PiS village team, was a guest of “Kropka nad i”.
– If I were Mr. Romanowski, I would already be out of Poland, because no matter where he was hiding in Poland – whether in the monastery of Father Rydzik, or in the Opus Dei center or in some closed room – he could not be traced – he explained.
– Honestly, I think he is in Hungary. It is probably the only country where the courts will not grant European arrest warrants if requested by Polish prosecutors and courts, as Orbán has already made such proposals, he added.
– I think he is in Hungary and there he is waiting for the Hungarian courts, which are actually subordinate to the prime minister, to give up their execution (Poland's application – ed.) – Giertich added.
“We will wait for him to leave Hungary”
The member of the Central Committee was also asked what the Polish Prosecutor's Office can do if it turns out that Romanovsky is in Hungary and the local authorities do not want to hand him over to Poland. – He doesn't do anything. We are waiting for him to leave Hungary, it will happen one day. I think that staying in Hungary all his life is not his favorite plan, he answered.
– In my opinion, from the point of view of PR, the escape of Mr. Romanovsky is not good for PiS. That is – in my opinion, if he goes to prison, he will be hailed as a martyr, they will make rosaries in front of the prison, they will visit the footprints of Mr. Romanovsky for the last kiss before crossing the prison walls. They brought up different things, of course, combining this pseudo-Catholic devotion with his thieving politics, Giertich continued.
Giertych: in my opinion, Ziobro was the leader
The MP also spoke more broadly about the case related to violations in the Justice Fund.
– They were only thieves, but they didn't steal for themselves, but for their party, their election plans, for their colleagues in the foundation, who were supposed to organize some media later, they paid for advertising, they stole, it was all a plan – he said. .
– I don't know if this has reached the public or not, but there is evidence that before PiS left power, the computer systems of the ministry were changed and replaced with others to make it more difficult to detect the ways of bidding for this money. they were deceived,” continued Giertych.
– After all, this was an organized criminal group, which, in my opinion, was headed by Zbigniew Ziob. And, to be honest, I expect the prosecution to finally clarify the status of Mr. Zbigniew Ziob. According to the information I have as a lawyer in the case of Tomasz Mraz (one of the accused in the case of the Fund of Justice – ed.), Zbigniew Ziobro was the leader of this group, he said.
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Giertych: Trzaskovsky should have ready laws on his desk
Giertykh also spoke about the activities of the village collective of PiS.
– Today we had a meeting with the mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski. And we are dealing with what is most important right now, which is that we have a presidential election and we have a date that we have a new president. He said that this meeting was dedicated to settlements, that is, preparation, as well as legality in terms of the laws that the new president should adopt.
He added that he believes that Trzaskovsky will win this election. – Immediately after the victory, he should have laws on his desk, – he noted. He said that he will refer to the rule of law and, above all, changes in the Supreme Court and the prosecutor's office.
– It is not a situation that someone will suddenly accept a plaque of honor to the prosecutor's office, which was created by Zbigniew Ziobro, and agree to “an independent prosecutor's office, we are already independent.” And all those who were actually PiS officials and did all kinds of dirty work, terrible things, so that they all became independent prosecutors. This will not be approved, he emphasized.
Giertych to PiS: there is no money and there will be no money because you are deceived
The guest of TVN24 also pointed to the postponement of the National Election Commission on the decision of the unrecognized chamber of the Supreme Court on the financial report of the PiS committee from the 2023 elections.
– In my opinion, we should clearly say to PiS: There is no money and there will be no money, because you cheated in the elections, we all know that you cheated (…), if you cheated, then there is. no money PSL didn't have it before, Nowoczesna didn't have it before, so you won't either. It's over, said Giertych.
– The second element is the recognition of presidential elections – he continued. In his opinion, this should be done by “all the judges who have been promoted according to the procedure recognized by our constitution.” He added, but this work should not be decided by the people appointed in the Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Relations of the Supreme Court, which is not recognized by the European courts.
– There is no possibility of the judge recognizing the judges of the Supreme Court, who were appointed against the constitution, – said the lawyer.
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