One of the investigative committees appointed at the initiative of the current ruling coalition concerned the so-called visa scandal during the PiS government. Meanwhile, the Philippine media has now raised the alarm over the case of organizing visa meetings at the Polish Embassy in Manila for bribes. “It seems that exactly what he accused is happening, namely that there is an intermediary company that provides these services in an unreliable or simply dishonest way and trades in dates,” Paweł emphasized in an interview with wPolityce.pl, Jabłoński, PiS- MP. former deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In an intervention program by Philippine television channel UNTV, several Filipinos complained about how long they had to wait to arrange a visa appointment at the Polish embassy in Manila. A police officer was also present in the program and did not mince his words when commenting on the stories of the people mentioned.
How much do you have to pay? 30 thousand pesos? Scandal. And the normal rate for a meeting at the Polish embassy is 500 pesos? This is a matter for the Public Prosecution Service! Fraud! We take care of it
– announced the police officer.
What is the scope of the procedure presented?
We don’t know because we only know this case from media reports, but if the State Department wants to be consistent, this case should be cleared up in the same way as the previous one. Our government’s concerned several hundred cases. We are probably dealing with a similar size here, so we would have to obtain information about this from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
– he points out Pawel Jablonski.
“Consistency requires that the same standard be applied to the PiS and PO governments.
We will ask about it, I don’t know if a commission of inquiry is needed in this case. Those on visas under our rule made a fool of themselves because not a single specific case of a person entering Poland illegally in this way was identified. Given the alleged scale of several hundred thousand people allegedly reaching Poland illegally, what they were talking about is ridiculous. In this case we are dealing with a mechanism that may require explanation. It certainly needs to be decided whether to continue cooperation with such an intermediary in the issuance of visas. For now, everything indicates that Radosław Sikorski will continue this collaboration
– say.
The former deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces what actions PiS will take in connection with this issue.
We will request information about this from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tomorrow we have a foreign affairs committee and we will probably ask about this at the beginning of this committee. I expect they will try to pretend this case doesn’t exist, and this case is exactly the same as the one they used for their visa lie. Consistency requires that the same standard be applied to the PiS and PO governments. If they avoid answers, we will use other tools provided by the law on the exercise of the mandate of deputy and senator
– he emphasizes.
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Source: wPolityce
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