On Tuesday at noon, the National Prosecutor's Office announced Budapest's move in the Marcin Romanowski case.
“On January 20, 2024, the Ministry of Justice of Hungary informed the National Prosecutor's Office about the transfer of the European Arrest Warrant issued for the wanted Marcin R. to the Metropolitan (Capital) Court for Budapest,” we read in the release.
Marcin Romanowski in Hungary. There is a reaction from Budapest
The National Prosecutor's Office adds that under Hungarian law, the Budapest Metropolitan Court is “the designated judicial authority to conduct European arrest warrant proceedings in the first instance.”
As we read, the ruling of this court may be appealed to the Court of Appeal for Budapest.
“In the procedure of surrendering a person wanted on the basis of a European arrest warrant, unlike in the extradition procedure, it is the court decision that constitutes the basis for issuance, not the decision of a state authority, i.e. the Minister of Justice or the President,” explains the National Prosecutor's Office.
The announcement also mentions that the provisions of EU law, as well as the internal regulations of the European Union Member States relating to the European arrest warrant procedure, “specify the deadlines for carrying out these proceedings in a situation where the person sought remains temporarily detained in these proceedings.”
The press secretary of the Prosecutor General, Prosecutor Anna Adamiak, told Polsat News that the date of the scheduled meeting is not yet known. She added that the information from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is “undoubtedly a response to the letter that Adam Bodnar recently sent to the Minister of Justice of Hungary on this matter.”
The case of Marcin Romanowski. The politician left for Hungary
On December 19 last year, Marcin Romanowski's defense lawyer announced that the Hungarian government accepted the politician's application and granted him international protection. Shortly later, this information was confirmed by a spokesman for the Hungarian Prime Minister's office.
At the beginning of January, Romanowski himself admitted that he had prepared and submitted his application for political asylum in Hungary at the turn of October and November.
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