Application to repeal the immunity of Obajtek to the EP

Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar sent to the chairwoman of the European Parliament Roberta MetSoli a request for anate by the EP immunity to MEP Daniel Obajtek (PiS) – the spokeswoman of the prosecutor general prosecutor Anna Adamiak said on Monday.

“I signed a request today to the chairwoman of the European Parliament regarding the revocation of the immunity of Daniel Obajtek. The evidence gathered by the prosecutor's office indicates that there is a sufficiently justified suspicion of committing two crimes by D. Obajtek,” Adam Bodnar said on Monday on the platform.

The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office applied for the revocation of immunity to Daniel Obajtek. Prok. Adamiak confirmed in a statement that the application for the revocation of immunity applies to two cases: Suspicion of giving false testimonies before the court regarding his knowledge of journalist Piotr Nichor and withdrawal from the sale at the Orlen stations of one issue of the weekly “Nie”, at a time when Obajtek was the president of Orlen.

As reported, the first of the cases was submitted to the prosecutor's office by journalist Grzegorz Jakubowski in connection with the trial before the District Court for Warsaw-Śródmieście initiated by a private indictment. In the notification, Jakubowski accused Obajtek with a lie delivered before the court on May 11, 2023. He referred to the recording of 2018, published in March 2024 by Onet, which is to testify to the informal contacts of Obajtek with the nichert – contrary to what the obstacle testified in court.

Onet revealed, among others, that Obajtek, when he managed Orlen, had an wiretapping in the office. The portal also reached the recording of 2018 and his conversation with the nichemper. According to Onet, Nisztor asked Obajtka for a job for his wife; Both were also to move political threads, including topics uncomfortable for the PiS ruling at the time.

On breaking the security and the establishment of eavesdropping devices in the office of the President of Orlen, the prosecutor's office on June 28 this year. issued a decision refusing to initiate an investigation. The decision was issued on the basis of art. 17 parish 1 p. 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: “the act has not been committed or there is no data sufficiently justifying the suspicion of his commitment.” Regardless of this – as the Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office informed at the time – proceedings are pending against the obstacle regarding false testimonies.

The second case concerns the withdrawal in March 2023. From all ORLN sales points of one of the numbers of the weekly “NO”.

Obajtek referred to the matter on Friday. “As for the allegations: I explained everything in the prosecutor's office. The recordings are assembled. As for the other: withdrawal of one issue of the weekly” I do not “I think the most appropriate, because he offended religious feelings, the cross and Saint John Paul II,” – the former head of Orlen wrote on platform X. The entry was joined by a photo of the cover of the weekly “NO” weekly, which decided to withdraw. “If I have to lose my immunity, I take it proudly,” he noted.

Pursuant to the provisions, if the Prosecutor General – after examining the case – the conclusion regarding the Obajtek, will go to the European Parliament, which makes a decision on the revocation of MEP immunity. It is only after obtaining the PE's consent that it is possible to pull the EP to criminal liability.

In January, the EP began to proceed with another application of the Polish prosecutor's office to revoke the immunity of Obajtek; It concerns failure to comply with duties and exceeding the rights in order to achieve personal benefits. It is about concluding two contracts for detective services with the company indicated by Obajtek. The prosecutor's findings show that earlier this company provided services in the field of personal protection of Obajtek and his property.

About the fact that the Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar was sent from the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw to repeal the immunity to the head of Orlen, PiS MEP Daniel Obajtek, informed on Friday PAP spokesman of the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw Piotr Skiba. (PAP)

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