“Is this what parliamentarism will look like under the coalition government on December 13? Is this what the work of the Sejm under the leadership of the Chairman of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, should look like? – asked Jan Dziedziczak during the press conference.
PiS MPs Piotr Gliński and Jan Dziedziczak, members of the Commission for Liaison with Poland Abroad, told a conference about the scandal that occurred during the commission meeting.
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Konwiński closed the meeting
A scandalous situation occurred. At the request of Article 152 of the Rules of Procedure of the Sejm – which states that a group of parliamentarians may convene a committee meeting on important matters – we convened a committee meeting attended by representatives of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. would appear. The committee concerned the effects of the events of December 2023 on the public media, on the media dealing with our compatriots abroad. Telewizja Polska has three instruments for cooperation with Poles abroad: TVP Polonia, TVP World and TVP Wilno. Unfortunately, the events of December resulted in the closure of the largest English-language tool for communication, both with compatriots abroad and with the public interested in the events in Poland, the events in Central Europe and the reporting on the situation in Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression. This channel has made a name for itself and has been reporting for years about what is happening in Ukraine and what Poland’s role is in helping Ukraine. Many influential environments – political, academic and non-governmental organizations – interested in first-hand knowledge – used the English-language, Polish medium. As a result of the arrival of Colonel Sienkiewicz’s men, this canal was closed
– said Jan Dziedziczak.
The committee was convened in accordance with the regulations, we presented a list of problems, also reported to us by our compatriots abroad, and the chairman Konwiński (Zbigniew, KO – ed.) stated that government representatives refused to come to this committee and closed the meeting without any discussion
– continued the PiS MP.
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Is this what parliamentarism will look like under the rule of the ‘December 13 coalition’? Is this what the work of the Sejm under the leadership of the Chairman of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, should look like?
– asked Dziedziczak.
He added that he wanted to know whether Hołownia “agrees to such a thing and whether he will intervene so that free discussion can take place at committee meetings.” According to him, this is yet another case of discussion being closed during committee meetings, causing committees to lose their “role of parliamentary discussion”.
‘A new phase in the decline of Polish democracy’
The refusal to participate in this procedure is further evidence of Poland’s descent into totalitarianism
– said Piotr Gliński.
As he said, “It was quite a cabaret event.”
This is a new stage in the decline of Polish democracy in conditions of pride, contempt and arrogance of the authorities. Another mechanism, another instrument of democratic control of power, has been destroyed, which means that it is not possible to convene a committee at the request of opposition MPs and debate issues important to Poland.
– Gliński added.
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Gliński also pointed out that the channels TVP Polonia, TVP World and TVP Wilno were “not involved in the current political conflict”. As he said, they were considered very professional and avoided the context of political clashes in Poland.
Nevertheless, these channels were killed, and now we learn that they are being turned into thematic newsrooms, which will make their power much smaller.
– he said.
According to him, behind everything that is happening in the public neo-media is the desire to transform them into weak media entities that will not be able to compete with commercial media.
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Source: wPolityce