WARSAW — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk opened fire Monday against the former CEO of state oil company Orlen, accusing him of losing 1.6 billion złoty (€370 million) in a botched energy deal and calling for an investigation.
“Poles must know the truth. There’s nothing to wait for!” Tusk posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The attack on former CEO Daniel Obajtek targets an executive who was the golden child of the former Law and Justice (PiS) government. Obajtek served as Orlen’s CEO from 2018 to 2024, and the company acted as a provider of jobs for the politically connected, supplied cash for party efforts and even took over a newspaper chain which became a pro-PiS propaganda outfit.
Tusk called on Justice Minister and Chief Prosecutor Adam Bodnar, as well as the coordinator of special services, to get involved.
