NEWS

19/09/2023

16:03

Ziobro:

I warned Tusk not to carelessly mention a major visa and corruption scandal, as he might get caught red-handed. And I'm keeping my word.

Michał Olech

- I warned Donald Tusk not to carelessly throw around words about a major visa and corruption scandal, because it could end up with him getting caught red-handed. And I'm keeping my word. I am meeting with you today to show that actual corruption scandals related to the process of illegally granting visas and enabling entry into the Schengen zone, not just to Poland, took place precisely during Donald Tusk's government. Today's widely publicized case is proof of the very effective and decisive action of Polish law enforcement agencies, the Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA), and the prosecution service, which allowed us to extinguish this matter in its infancy and bring the perpetrators to criminal accountability before the court - stated Zbigniew Ziobro at a press conference.

- We are convinced that this case is a model example of how a well-functioning state should uncover pathologies and quickly eliminate them. A completely different picture emerges from the corruption cases related to visa issuance during the government of Donald Tusk and Mr. Sikorski, when serious irregularities, and even behaviors of a corrupt nature, were revealed in the area of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' operations, specifically in the units responsible for issuing visas. However, instead of clarifying the matters and eliminating pathologies, they pretended to oversee the activities. What's worse, law enforcement agencies, through the actions of the prosecution service, acted similarly. The criminal proceedings that were conducted in this matter, among others by the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, will be discussed shortly by the prosecutor - he continued.


Michał Olech