Donald Tusk comments on the letter of safe conduct for Marcin Romanowski

Last week, the court illegally issued a safe conduct for former Deputy Minister of Justice Marcin Romanowski, a suspect in the investigation related to the Justice Fund. His defense assures that if the decision becomes final, Romanowski will appear in Poland. The prosecutor's office has already announced that it will file a complaint.

When asked about Romanowski, Tusk did not bite his tongue

The Prime Minister was asked on Monday by TVN24 whether the issued safe-conduct "was a tactical mistake." In response, the head of government said that "it is a mistake that someone like Romanowski functioned in public life."

As he added, he is "quite indifferent" to whether the former deputy head of the Ministry of Justice will have a safe-conduct and will be interrogated freely in Poland, "whether the state will finally catch him or whether he will hide forever." Honestly, what was really embarrassing and important was that someone like that was in public authorities at all, Tusk said.

When asked whether it was a mistake not to request a change in the adjudicating panel, he replied that he was "not a specialist in safe conduct."

What threatens the former deputy head of the Ministry of Justice?

In connection with the investigation into irregularities in the Justice Fund, the prosecutor's office accuses Romanowski of, among others, participation in an organized criminal group and rigging competitions for money from this fund. The Warsaw district court issued a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for Romanowski - at the request of the prosecutor's office. An arrest warrant was also issued for the former deputy head of the Ministry of Justice.

In December 2024, it turned out that Romanowski had been granted political asylum in Hungary. As reported at the beginning of July this year, Hungary revoked his refugee status and invalidated his travel documents. Since the change of government in Hungary in May this year. the media provided various unofficial information about Romanowski's possible whereabouts.