The Polish ambassador to Budapest has been recalled to Warsaw indefinitely after Hungary granted asylum to former Polish deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski.
The Polish ambassador to Budapest has been recalled to Warsaw indefinitely, a day after Hungary granted asylum to former Polish justice minister and present Law and Justice Party (PiS) MP Marcin Romanowski, officers mentioned on Friday. authority.
Poland had beforehand summoned the Hungarian ambassador to Warsaw.
Romanowski is needed in Poland for alleged corruption and abuse of public funds throughout his time as a minister within the earlier PiS authorities.
On Thursday, Hungarian authorities introduced they might grant him political asylum in Hungary, a transfer that the Polish Foreign Ministry known as “offensive to Polish residents and authorities.”
Polish police had been looking for Romanowski since final week, after a Polish courtroom authorised a request to position the MP in pre-trial detention. After an unsuccessful search, the prosecutor’s workplace issued a European arrest warrant for Romanowski, citing proof that he was overseas.
Hours earlier than Romanowski’s lawyer introduced that the lawmaker had been granted asylum in Hungary, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned in opposition to Budapest making “unusual selections.”
“If Budapest have been to make any resolution incompatible with European regulation, akin to granting political asylum or ignoring the European arrest warrant, Viktor Orbán could be in a precarious place, not me,” Tusk mentioned.
This is a growing story and our reporters are engaged on additional updates.
