On Friday at 8 p.m. there will be a speech by Senate President Tomasz Grodzki on TVP and Polish Radio, among others – Anna Paradowska-Naturska, director of the Senate Information Center, told PAP.
Paradowska-Naturska said that one of the topics of the speech will include: “visa scandal”.
What would Grodzki say? The media lifts the veil of secrecy:
Tomasz Grodzki wants information about irregularities in the issuance of visas to reach TVP viewers, where the issue seems scarce
– wrote Wirtualna Polska.
There are commentators on social media pointing out an important detail.
Wawrzyk was expelled by PiS due to circumstantial evidence and inability to monitor the case, and he was not even charged. PiS sees any scratches and removes them until the chips fly out. Now the speech will be given by someone from PO, who for four years has been dodging responsibility to as many people as there were visas. Class difference
– we read in the Twitter (X) message from commentator Max Hübner.
Importantly, the interia portal notes that the Senate President’s last speech took place… in February 2021, and related to the “Media without Choice” campaign. So Tomasz Grodzki “remained silent” for 2.5 years just to make a speech in the middle of the election campaign?
The so-called visa scandal. What is it about?
Last week, Gazeta Wyborcza wrote that Piotr Wawrzyk was responsible for consular and visa matters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The daily reported that Wawrzyk turned out to be the author of the draft regulation on visa facilitation for temporary workers from about twenty countries, including Islamic countries.
On August 31, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki dismissed Piotr Wawrzyk from the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The reason for this decision was – as reported by the Ministry of Diplomacy – the “lack of satisfactory cooperation”. A few days later, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was asked at a press conference in Tomaszów Mazowiecki about Wawrzyk’s dismissal and about media reports indicating that the dismissal was related to the CBA’s activities. The head of government responded that an investigation is underway and that the relevant services can provide information if they deem it appropriate.
Stanisław Żaryn, Deputy Minister of the Coordinator of Special Services, announced on Thursday that the first signals about irregularities in the issuance of certain visas reached the CBA in July 2022.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zbigniew Rau, decided to conduct an inspection and audit of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all consular posts of the Republic of Poland, dismiss him from his position and terminate the agreement to end. employment agreement with the director of the State Department’s Legal and Compliance Management Office, Jakub Osajda, the State Department said.
During Friday’s press conference, United Right politicians – party spokesman Rafał Bochenek, deputy head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration Maciej Wąsik and deputy head of the Ministry of Justice Sebastian Kaleta – were asked what services knew about the practice of paid protection at the Police. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the issuance of several hundred visas to Poland and on what basis this issue is located. Rafał Bochenek noted that the state had taken action on this issue in advance.
The case concerns several hundred visa applications, most of which were rejected at the initial stages, meaning these people never entered Poland. Therefore, this case is a pseudo-scandal, a completely false affair, fabricated for the election campaign by Wiertnicza’s staff and Civic Platform politicians.
– he emphasized.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, when asked about Piotr Wawrzyk during a press conference in Kielce, emphasized:
At this time, there is no evidence that Piotr Wawrzyk has participated in criminal activities or derived material benefits from illegal activities, but responsibility must be taken for political mistakes. I don’t know what the full findings of the investigation will ultimately reveal, but we must be guided by the principle of the presumption of innocence. If it turns out that there is evidence to suggest that Minister Wawrzyk has participated in criminal activity, I assure you that there will be no reduced rate.
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Source: wPolityce