Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, will hold conversations with the prosecutor general and the coordinator of the security agencies in connection to claims of possible ties regarding the former head of Orlen, Poland’s biggest state-owned fuel company and the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
On Monday, the privately-owned news website Onet.pl reported that Daniel Obajtek, Orlen’s former CEO, had cooperated with Lebanese entrepreneur Samer A., who is suspected of connections to Hezbollah and illegal trade in Iranian petroleum.
According to the website, Obajtek ignored warnings of Orlen’s interior security services, which supposedly had informed him of this before he decided to put Samer A. in charge of Orlen Trader Switzerland (OTS), Orlen’s Swiss branch.
“In effect, Orlen lost 1.6 billion złotys (€370.56 million), which was revealed only after the Law and Justice (PiS) party lost power and Daniel Obajtek’s was recalled,” wrote Onet.
In response to these claims, on Monday, Tusk announced that he had asked Adam Bodnar, the justice minister, and Tomasz Siemoniak, the coordinator of security agencies, for a meeting regarding the issue.
“Poles need to hear the truth. No point in waiting.”
In a statement sent to Onet, Obajtek said he continued to trust his associates completely.
According to the website, Obajtek ignored warnings of Orlen’s interior security services, which supposedly had informed him of this before he decided to put Samer A. in charge of Orlen Trader Switzerland (OTS), Orlen’s Swiss branch.
“In effect, Orlen lost 1.6 billion złotys (€370.56 million), which was revealed only after the Law and Justice (PiS) party lost power and Daniel Obajtek’s was recalled,” wrote Onet.
In response to these claims, on Monday, Tusk announced that he had asked Adam Bodnar, the justice minister, and Tomasz Siemoniak, the coordinator of security agencies, for a meeting regarding the issue.
“Today I asked the prosecutor general and the coordinator of security agencies to pay me a visit regarding a matter crucial for the country’s security: the loss of over a billion złoty and possible ties of the former head of Orlen with Hezbollah,” he wrote on the X platform.Poprosiłem dziś o odwiedziny panów prokuratora generalnego i koordynatora służb w sprawie kluczowej dla bezpieczeństwa państwa: miliardowej straty i możliwych powiązań z Hezbollahem byłego szefa Orlenu. Polacy muszą poznać prawdę. Nie ma na co czekać!
— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) April 29, 2024
“Poles need to hear the truth. No point in waiting.”
In a statement sent to Onet, Obajtek said he continued to trust his associates completely.
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