“By saying this, President Andrzej Duda also shows that he wants to thwart the Polish Sejm and assumes in advance that he will not want to continue, for example, with good initiatives that the government will propose, and it seems to me that by saying something like that yesterday, it’s already in advance. he is fooling himself,” said Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Deputy Minister of Culture, on the radio station “Jedynka”, referring to President Andrzej Duda’s decision regarding the budget law.
Budget law submitted to the Constitutional Court through the postal control procedure
Let us remind you that President Andrzej Duda signed the 2024 budget law, as well as the budget law and an amendment to the law on higher education.
Due to doubts about the correctness of the procedure for adopting the above-mentioned Due to the inability of MPs Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik to participate in the work of the Sejm regarding these acts, the President decided to adopt the above-mentioned acts, as a form of ex-post control, to be submitted to the Constitutional Court to investigate compliance. the Constitution
– said the President’s Chancellery.
Scheuring-Wielgus criticizes the president
Politicians of the coalition led by Tusk show at every step that private hostilities seem to be more important to them than Poland’s interests. They pour out a wave of hatred against the president. Lieutenant Colonel Sienkiewicz’s deputy at the Ministry of Culture could not forgive her malice either.
I was in the first term of my Sejm, when PiS came to power and when the 2016 budget was adopted, when there were no more than 200 members of the then opposition in the column hall where Law and Justice were locked up, and I also do not have the opportunity to vote against that time budget. I am therefore surprised that President Andrzej Duda is now using the situation of two people convicted by a final verdict, Wąsik and Kamiński, to say that he believes they should be parliamentarians. No, they are not parliamentarians, they cannot decide what decisions will be made in the Polish parliament, they must be replaced by other people from the list
– said Scheuring-Wielgus in “Sygnały Dnia”.
By saying this, President Andrzej Duda also shows that he wants to thwart the Polish Sejm and assumes in advance that he will not want to continue, for example, with good initiatives that the government will propose, and it seems to me that by saying something like this yesterday, it’s already in advance. he is making a fool of himself because we know President Andrzej Duda, he can change his decision very often, in a few hours or a few days, so I think he has gone a step too far again
– she said.
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“Byzantium” of the Tusk government
The Deputy Culture Minister was also asked about Donald Tusk’s massive government. Let us remind you that there are already more than 100 ministers and state secretaries in the government, but this is not the end, because – according to media reports – further appointments are already planned. According to Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, “there is a lot of work.”
It’s hard for me to say: I probably didn’t criticize the previous government too much before. I think that this position of Paweł Kowal is very necessary, because the war is beyond our borders and we, as great allies, partners of Ukraine, should do that. be very involved
– said Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus when asked whether the government is not growing too much, because Paweł Kowal will become the 111th member of the cabinet.
Looking at my ministry where I work, there are five of us and each of us really has something to do, we have departments under us and there is a lot of work.
– she said.
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A rift in the coalition
The conversation also touched on the issue of a split in the coalition before the local elections. Let us not forget that Donald Tusk broke off negotiations with the left on the formation of a coalition for the local elections. According to media reports, left-wing politicians are bitter and talk about Tusk “throwing them under the train”.
We were the party that recommended a broad bloc in the local elections, the Third Way decided to go it alone. Later we and the Civic Platform decided in the board that we would talk about a joint start, but both the Platform and we knew that it could happen that we would go separately and this is the scenario that is happening now
– said Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus in PR1.
Razem Links is behind us. I just want to draw attention to the fact that our committee, New Left, consists of several parties, this is us, New Left, this is the Razem Party, this is the PPS and the Trade Union, we are going to the elections as one left-wing local government
– she added, while admitting that the talks were ongoing and that there were no specific arrangements.
But if the New Left reaches an agreement with urban movements and other organizations, I will of course be happy with that.
– said Scheuring-Wielgus.
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Liquidation of the National Media Council
The deputy head of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was asked, among other things: whether the government has any idea on how to negotiate funds from the National Broadcasting Council’s license fee to public media companies, which the Council is in no hurry to to carry.
The government has an idea and I think we will announce this idea soon
– she said.
According to her, “the National Radio and Television Broadcasting Authority is a political body, and it should be a body that provides a buffer against political pressure.”
Unfortunately, this has not been the case in the past eight years
– she added.
The head of the National Broadcasting Council, an official of the former government and the Law and Justice party, is doing everything he can to somehow hinder the functioning of the public media, and he should not do that, because the National Broadcasting Council for the independence and freedom of the media. It should also protect all media, and over the past eight years there has been pressure from KRRIT, obstruction of the functioning of many media and penalties imposed. It was completely political
– emphasized Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus.
When asked about ways to depoliticize the National Broadcasting Council, she recalled that the government had been in operation for six weeks.
We will find a way to deal with this situation
– she noted.
She also referred to the work on the new media law.
We face a great opportunity to organize the public media in such a way that, on the one hand, they are accessible to everyone, on the other hand, they are open to new technological challenges, and thirdly, they have such a strong backbone. that no one will ever appropriate them again.
– she emphasized.
She noted that the law on the liquidation of the National Media Council is in principle ready.
It could be processed, but we know that President Andrzej Duda said yesterday that he will veto any bill we introduce. There is also the idea of Marshal Szymon Hołownia, but yesterday I also heard from civil society groups to organize a citizens’ panel in the Sejm that would collect all ideas and develop the best possible model.
– she said.
She emphasized that I am in favor of “the public media being in the hands of experts and widely understood citizens, rather than in the hands of parties.” She points out that all of this must be well prepared.
With each subsequent sentence, the politicians of Tusk’s coalition contradict themselves, and instead of experts, the next positions are filled by party nominees.
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Source: wPolityce