Return on Marcin Romanowski. "His thesis has fallen to susceptible ground"

• Former Deputy Minister of Justice in the PiS government Marcin Romanowski will not be prosecuted with Interpol's red note, reported RMF FM on Tuesday
• “The Polish State, if it wants to get a red note, must show Interpol all the reasons and anticipate to gotta present specified an argument, which will lie to Mr. Romanowski’s claims,” said Rosati in an interview with Onet.
• – The Polish side now remains only activities related to the European Arrest Order – he adds
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Former Deputy Minister of Justice in the PiS government Marcin Romanowski will not be prosecuted by Interpol's red note — stated RMF FM on Tuesday. Thus, a politician suspected in the scandal of the Justice Fund will not be included on the list of peculiarly wanted persons. Interpol did not justify its decision, citing the rule of confidentiality.

– Analyzing the regulations that apply to the issue of the alleged "red notes of Interpol", it can be assumed that the refusal to print specified a note resulted from the fact that Mr. Romanowski obtained asylum position in Hungary," says Onet, Mr. Przemysław Rosati, president of the Chief Bar Council.

— In addition, it is the opposition party's policy, which may indicate that Interpol applies Article 3 of the Statute, which prohibits this organisation from taking any political action. And given Mr Romanowski's statements to date, in the absence of the anticipation of their being verified by Interpol, he concluded that it would be safest to point to Article 3 and refuse to take action," he emphasised.

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Mec. Rosati: For Interpol, it is the safest and easiest decision

Let's remind you, After his escape to Hungary, Romanowski repeatedly stressed that the allegations against him were allegedly political. He besides pointed out that after the change of power in Poland, he, as an opposition politician, had no chance of a fair trial.

– Interpol has no tools to test the veracity or falseness of specified claims, so from the point of view of this organization it is easiest and safest to do in a careful manner, which most likely just happened," says Mr Rosati.

We ask whether this means, that – in view of this attitude of Interpol – the Polish state has tied hands erstwhile it comes to the settlement of politicians of the organization who ruled in Poland until 2023 and who are presently in opposition.

“The Polish State, if it wants to get a red note, must show Interpol all the reasons and anticipate to gotta present specified arguments, which will lie to Mr. Romanowski’s claims that his trial would be unreliable,” emphasizes the head of the NRA.

— The current power must go a small further than the formal issues themselves. due to the fact that he must convince Interpol that Mr. Romanowski's cover-up of political reasons is simply a deliberate strategy, based on false ones. Unfortunately, given Interpol's decision, 1 can fear that these false thesis fell on susceptible ground – he points out.

– The Polish side remains so only the activities related to the European Arrest Order – says Mr Rosati. "The question remains what actions Poland has taken to force Hungary, through force on the European Commission, to respect EU law. Including the implementation of legal instruments, mainly ENA, which should be implemented by Hungary as an EU associate State, he concludes.

Marcin Romanowski with asylum in Hungary

Marcin Romanowski obtained asylum in Hungary in December and has since been outside Poland. erstwhile Deputy Minister of Justice and PiS MP is suspected in the Justice Fund investigation. The politician has 11 allegations of irregularities in the allocation of state grants. The prosecution accuses him, among others, of participating in an organized crime group, and manipulating competitions for funds from this fund.

In early December, the court decided to hold Romanowski for 3 months. Since the service could not find him, a BOLO was issued for him, and later besides a European Arrest Warrant. At the time, it turned out that he was in Hungary.

The Police office then submitted a request for the beginning of global searches of Romanowski utilizing the alleged Interpol red note to the General Secretariat of Interpol in Lyon. However, the organization did not agree to the proposal — RMF FM said on Tuesday.

On 2 January, Romanowski renounced his position as a professional MP. He besides informed that he would not collect remuneration from the Sejm.