Gulyás: A constitutional crisis has developed in Poland

Marcin Romanowski applied for asylum which he was granted by the Hungarian state. He is in line with Hungarian and European Union legal regulations.

Gergely Gulyás, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said Marcin Romanowski, the former Polish deputy justice minister, has been granted asylum by Hungary. He also said that Poland has a rule of law.

Gulyás underlined that Hungary did not interfere in other countries’ domestic politics but it was necessary to state that a constitutional crisis had developed in Poland since last year’s elections as a result of the Tusk government’s actions.

He added that for instance the Polish government failed to carry out the decisions of the Polish constitutional court, and “criminal law was being used as a tool against political rivals”.

He confirmed press reports about Romanowski having arrived in Hungary, then applied for asylum which he was granted by the Hungarian state. He added that Romanowski is in line with Hungarian and European Union legal regulations.

Gulyás said there had been proof of the lack of fair procedure in the case of the former deputy justice minister who was arrested this summer despite being protected by immunity in his capacity as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Gulyás said Romanowski was released only after an official complaint had been submitted by the assembly’s president to Polish authorities. A court in Poland confirmed that the arrest had violated laws.