Obajtek: prosecuting those who may have stolen something is not the most important thing

“Orlen has filed lawsuits against former members of the company's management board, Daniel Obajtek and Michał Rog, based on identified actions to the detriment of the company by spending Orlen's funds on goals unrelated to the performed function” – the company's press team reported on Monday.

He added that the company is seeking the return of funds in civil proceedings, which – according to the collected documentation – were intended for private purposes, mainly for entertainment. “The collected materials show that Daniel Obajtek, at Orlen's expense, spent many holidays in a luxury hotel in Łeba, used aesthetic medicine treatments, and bought glasses and other luxury items. He spent almost PLN 160,000 for this purpose,” it added. Michał Róg was – as reported by Orlen's press team – using his company card to pay for purchases of luxury cheese, ham, cigars or meetings in “sophisticated restaurants”.

As stated by the former president of Orlen during Monday's press conference Daniel Obajtekwhoever makes such accusations against Michał Rog “exposed himself to ridicule.”

Obajtek stated that Róg was responsible for sales on the management board and had been traveling for six years to establish contacts with contractors, and in business culture it is normal for him to meet for dinners and lunches. Referring to the amount of Roga Obajtek's expenses, he said that “the average is PLN 4.5 thousand per month”, with the company's turnover of PLN 400 billion and profits of PLN 90 billion.

He stated that one effect of the current authorities' actions are audits and applications to the prosecutor's office, and the country is “economically going downhill.” – I'm not saying not to hold people accountable, I'm not saying not to punish people for stealing something, but this is not topic number one. The number one topic should be the development of the economy, the development of the country and ensuring the conditions – said the former president of Orlen during a press conference.

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MEP PIS he also commented on the announcement of the request to waive his immunity.

Last week, the spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General, prosecutor Anna Adamiak, said that the application to the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, regarding the immunity of Daniel Obajtek was sent on Thursday and “will reach the addressee in the near future.”

Obajtek was asked on Monday whether he was considering “taking refuge” in another country, for example Hungary.

– He is a member of the European Parliament. I move between Brussels, Strasbourg and Poland. I'm not going to comment on something that isn't there. I'm not going to speculate. I'm in Poland, I'm not going anywhere, he said.

Prosecutor Adamiak said last week that Daniel Obajtek, former president of Orlen, “taking advantage of the dependence of the director of the Control and Security Office, ordered the conclusion of a contract with a specific entity, a company providing detective services.” Adamiak said that in this way, the Polish oil company Orlen SA concluded two contracts for detective services, performed “in the scope of the personal protection of Mr. Obajtek, as well as his property.”

The subject of these agreements was to identify and document unfair competition activities towards Orlen. However, Adamiak stated that the reports prepared by the detective company “absolutely do not indicate that these were any activities related to the activities of Orlen or the protection of this company as a business entity.”

Moreover, the reports of the detective company show that the services it provided were used to collect information on the assets, personal data and private life of politicians of the then parliamentary opposition. This, in turn, in the opinion of the prosecutor's office, constituted an abuse of powers regarding the proper management of the company's assets.