Jan Grabiec, head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, accused Law and Justice MPs, who are defending Telewizja Polska and PAP against an attempt to illegally take over them by the Culture Minister, of aggressive behavior during a press conference. He also announced that a “new order” in public media is being built, which should be conducted “in an open, transparent manner, with an open curtain.” According to him, it is time to “make TVP real TVP, make it Telewizja Polska.”
““Repair” of public media according to Tusk government
During a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Grabiec stated that the Sejm resolution concerns, among other things, public media. Referring to the Constitutional Court judgment of 13 December 2016, it points out the need to take “immediate corrective measures” to “restore the rule of law and guarantee access to information for citizens” until appropriate legal solutions are implemented.
In light of this resolution, we are beginning to work on a new order when it comes to public media. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has already started discussions about this with President Andrzej Duda. This work should be very broad in scope, take place in an atmosphere of social dialogue and take into account the opinions of all interested parties, including creative communities and civil society associations.
– Grabiec announced.
Working towards good order in the public media will not surprise either the president or the participants in the public debate. We will certainly implement these appropriately to allow for full public consultations
– declared the head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery
It should be emphasized that experts point out that the actions of Donald Tusk’s government are contrary to the Constitution. Moreover, these opinions are expressed in the ‘free media’.
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Accusations against PiS politicians
Grabiec also presented the government’s version of events in public media. He said that on December 19, Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz announced the general meetings of shareholders of public media companies. During the meeting, decisions were adopted on the dismissal of supervisory boards of public media companies.
On the same day, TVP’s Supervisory Board appointed Tomasz Sygut, chairman of TVP’s board of directors. The next day, December 20, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of TVP came to TVP and met with the dismissed President (proxy-PAP), Przemysław Herbut. The outgoing president has taken note of the decisions of the Supervisory Board. The new authorities took over the management of the company. The outgoing president proposed a meeting with TVP staff and the new TVP authorities. The meeting did not take place because at 11 a.m. a group of aggressive people, including PiS MPs, broke into the TVP building. The outgoing chairman of TVP and the chairman of the new Supervisory Board came to the meeting with PiS MPs. Unfortunately, the attempt to talk ended with insults and aggressive behavior from PiS MPs and their supervisors
– said Grabiec.
The PO politician said an attempt had been made to block the office of the “new” president of TVP and prevent him from carrying out his official duties. Therefore, the “new” president of TVP informed the police. He added that the “new” president of TVP, due to the aggressive behavior of PiS parliamentarians and bystanders, reported the possibility of committing a crime by restricting the possibility of movement, performance of official duties and disorganization of work.
Does the Tusk government consider it illegal to appoint new presidents, suddenly turn off the signal and cut off employees’ access to their private property as work for the public media with an “open curtain”? Or perhaps it sends the police and ‘thugs’ to pressure the intervening MPs? They fail to mention that Tusk’s coalition has broken the law and the constitution.
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Source: wPolityce