Poland’s ambassador to Budapest has been recalled to Warsaw indefinitely after Hungary granted asylum to former Polish deputy justice minister, Marcin Romanowski.
Poland’s ambassador to Budapest has been recalled to Warsaw indefinitely, a day after Hungary granted asylum to former Polish justice minister and present Legislation and Justice Social gathering (PiS) lawmaker Marcin Romanowski, authorities mentioned on Friday.
Poland had earlier summoned Hungary’s ambassador to Warsaw.
Romanowski is needed in Poland for alleged corruption and misuse of public funds throughout his time as minister within the earlier PiS authorities.
On Thursday, Hungarian authorities introduced they’d be granting him political asylum in Hungary, a transfer Poland’s International Ministry has since known as “offensive to Polish residents and authorities.”
Police in Poland had been on the lookout for Romanowski since final week after a Polish court docket permitted a request for the lawmaker to be put in pre-trial detention. After a fruitless search, prosecutors issued a European arrest warrant for Romanowski, citing proof that he was overseas.
Hours earlier than Romanowski’s lawyer introduced the lawmaker had been granted asylum in Hungary, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned towards Budapest taking any “odd choices”.
“Ought to Budapest take any odd choices that might be inconsistent with the European legislation, similar to granting political asylum or ignoring the European arrest warrant, Viktor Orbán could be the one in a precarious place, not me,” Tusk mentioned.
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