The meeting of the Marshal of the Sejm Elżbieta Witek with the Radio Zet journalists was “off the record” with regard to the content of the conversation, not the fact that it took place; Therefore, the fact that information about the meeting was omitted at the time of the publication of the material is incomprehensible, it is an extremely unreliable action – said the director of CIS Andrzej Grzegrzółka.
The statement by the director of the Sejm Information Center, which was provided to PAP on Friday and also published on social media, is related to Radio Zet’s publication on Thursday.
Radio Zet hit the chairman of the Sejm
An article was published on the radio’s website describing the case of a patient who died while waiting 8 days to be transferred to the ICU in Legnica. “The family has filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office claiming that the place in the ICU has been blocked for several months by the husband of the chairman of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek,” we read.
In connection with the publication, the Marshal of the Sejm issued a statement on Thursday.
“I am shocked by the article published today on the Radio ZET website, which describes the situation of my husband in a very serious condition in an unprecedented and humiliating way.
she wrote.
“It is difficult to describe how my loved ones and I feel when reading the Radio ZET material. Such things are usually not done. Both humanly, out of empathy and understanding of the family’s pain, and for legal reasons – the law prohibits informing about the health of private individuals. In addition, I spent almost an hour this week with the editors discussing the complexity of the situation, the details and how difficult it is for my family. Unfortunately, Radio ZET omitted this fact and wrote that it had not received any information from me.
– noted Elżbieta Witek.
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In response, the authors of the material stated that they disagreed with the marshal’s accusations.
“Our article has been prepared with journalistic zeal. We also believe that the discussion should now focus on the essence of the problem we have described.”
- they pointed it out.
Referring to the meeting with journalists mentioned by Marshal Witek, the radio station and journalists reported that both sides agreed on the “off the record” formula, i.e. the unofficial nature of the conversation, the content of which should not be made public.
CIS director answers! RACK
In Friday’s statement, director Grzegrzółka wrote that the meeting between Marshal Witek and Radio ZET journalists Mariusz Gierszewski and Radosław Gruca took place on April 5 at 2 p.m. in the office of the Marshal of the Sejm.
The head of the CIS confirmed that the meeting was “off the record”, but – as he noted – “in relation to the content of the conversation, not the fact that it took place.”
The format was a result of the delicacy of the matter discussed due to her husband Marshal Witek’s serious health and family problems
he pointed it out.
It is therefore incomprehensible that information about the meeting was omitted at the time of the publication of the material by Radio Zet. This is extremely unreliable and unprofessional
Grzegrzółka emphasized. As he added, “it makes it possible to advance the thesis of a deliberate procedure to induce in the recipient a belief that Marshal Witek is not answering difficult questions for himself.”
During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, the Marshal of the Sejm gave exhaustive answers to practically all of the editorial’s questions
– assured the director of the CIS.
Reactions to the publication
It was reported on Friday that the chairman of the National Broadcasting Council, Maciej Świrski, has launched an ex officio investigation following Radio Zet’s publication about Marshal Witek’s husband.
The unprecedented attack on the family of Sejm Chairman Elżbieta Witek is proof that our political competitors and the media behind them have crossed another line of decency
– assessed on Thursday the president of PiS Jarosław Kaczyński.
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Source: wPolityce