I believe that all possible consequences of applicable law should be drawn against Radio ZET and the journalists who instrumentally covered Marshal Witek and her husband. However, I would especially like to encourage a boycott. We must finally start boldly showing that we do not agree with hating and dividing people – PiS MP Anna Kwiecień assesses the behavior of Radio ZET journalists in an interview with the wPolityce.pl portal.
wPolityce.pl: How does the Member of Parliament – as a member of the Polish Radio Program Council – evaluate the behavior of Radio Zet journalists who instrumentally used the husband of the Speaker of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and his illness to cause a sensation and , especially in a bad light?
Anne April: This review cannot but be unequivocally negative. This attack on Elżbieta Witek’s husband is an attempt to hit her as the second person in the state – only because she represents the right-wing camp led by Law and Justice. This blow is all the nastier because it was carried out with the help of Marshal Witek’s ailing husband, who is very ill and needs specialist treatment in the ICU.
“Zetka” described the case of a patient who died while waiting 8 days to be transferred to the ICU in Legnica. Witek would be the one to keep him waiting.
This is an attempt at a dishonest way of holding Ms. Marshal responsible for someone – supposedly because of her and her husband – not getting the care he expected.
It should be remembered that doctors in Poland decide on the prescription of medicines, treatment plans and care plans. And they decide which patient, whoever it is, needs care.
It should also be remembered that the journalists of Radio ZET, as they say themselves, described the case subjectively, without waiting for the opinion of the hospital and the National Health Fund, expressing the most tender feelings that are in each of us are related to the family. In this case, Elżbieta Witek’s family was used instrumentally. I consider it a scandal and meanness, an action without humanity, both towards the patient, Mr. Witek, and his entire family, including the Marshal.
If his name wasn’t Witek, wouldn’t he be in the interest of “Zetta”?
I don’t think anyone doubts that.
“The length of a patient’s stay in the ICU depends on the doctor’s decision. Patients have been in intensive care for more than a year. In the last 5 years there have been 83 such patients,” the National Health Fund states in response to the text of Radio ZET journalists, which was reached through the wPolityce.pl portal.
And have you heard that they are interested in other patients in a similar situation? This is very much in line with one’s political interest, there are attempts to discredit the Marshal. The wave of indignation that appears on social networks from every decent, good person clearly shows how absolutely negatively Poles judge what these journalists from Radio ZET did. I think they were very disappointed. Unfortunately, it can be seen that they have no brakes and will try to use any situation to hit the Law and Justice politicians.
This is not the first case. For example, we remember the attack on the daughter of President Andrzej Duda, attempts to hit the children of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Today this red line of all decency has been absolutely crossed.
Why do you think journalists did this? Frustration that the political camp they elect and serve cannot top PiS in the polls?
If they had good intentions, in the case they describe, they would wait for the response from at least the National Health Fund. I think there is a lot of frustration behind this action. All the more so because such actions only benefit the ruling party’s opinion polls. People can’t like it when someone uses every possible method to discredit another.
Meanwhile, Marshal Witek is one of the key Law and Justice figures, the second person in the country, and is viewed very favorably by PiS voters, displaying huge layers of empathy, sensitivity and ordinary human kindness. She is characterized by this and very often proves it directly in her parliamentary work, regardless of which MP of which political option turns to her. He really tries to help and everyone knows it.
It is worth noting that Marshal Witek did not have to resort to any protection in the hospital in Legnica.
Elżbieta Witek did not even use the privileges given to her by law because of her position. I mean the possibility of placing my husband in a highly specialized hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or a military hospital in Warsaw. Together with her husband, they decided to use the kind of care that every Pole with health insurance has. It is also worth knowing that the journalists had an in-depth conversation with Marshal Witek before publishing their text. She explained the situation to them with great humility. They preferred to lie and claim that they had not received answers to their questions.
Only a small group of people knew about Mrs. Witek’s husband’s illness.
The marshal is a person who sympathizes with others, not with himself. He does not expect sympathy, he does not feel sorry for himself. She is a woman trying to deal with her husband’s illness on her own. He helps and does not expect help from others.
The chairman of the National Broadcasting Council initiated proceedings in response to this publication. Do you think this response is enough?
Everything is in the hands of listeners and receivers of Radio ZET. I think that we should let Poland know in particular whether we agree with the behavior of these journalists. Do we accept this kind of hate? Pissing on others in public.
Of course, I believe that all possible consequences should be drawn against this station and these journalists under applicable law. However, I would especially encourage you to boycott this radio station. We must finally begin to show courage that we do not agree with such behavior. This also applies to those who want to support such radio stations with their advertisements. Have them think five times if they want to promote and fund the promotion of lies, hatred and division.
The interviewer was Radoslaw Molenda
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Source: wPolityce