Prosecutor investigating possible breach of obligations during PM’s London meeting

The Warsaw District attorney’s office is investigating if laws were breached in conjunction with the travel arrangements of the Polish government delegation from Warsaw to London. “We are screening the suspected failure to fulfill duties by public officials organizing flights from Warsaw to London and London to Warsaw,” Michal Dziekański, a spokesperson from the office, told the Polish press on Wednesday. The possible breach involves arrangements of return flights between London and Warsaw prior to and after meetings between Prime Ministers Theresa May and Beata Szydło, which were overbooked.  As a result, some journalists, who were to accompany the Polish PM’s delegation, had to fly to London six hours later than had been originally planned, on a second flight. The meetings took place on November 28. Article 231 of the Penal Code states that a public official who intentionally exceeds, or does not complete, his or her duties – or works to the detriment of public or private interest – shall be subject to imprisonment for up to three years. In the case that the damage is unintentional, they are subject to a fine or to a lighter prison sentence, the Code says. The prosecutor clarified that, at the moment, the attorney’s office is only analyzing the notification and has not yet taken any definitive action to press charges.