The assault on public media continues, intensifying as authorities advance a new tactic. After establishing that the Minister of Culture cannot appoint the board of Telewizja Polska and that the existing resolution cannot override the law, those in power shift to a more drastic maneuver: attempting to absorb the media through liquidation. This move remains illegal and represents another bold, unlawful lockpick. The Constitutional Tribunal recently warned against such a course, issuing a security measure that underscores the breach. The rule of law is being eroded, and the constitution is being violated. Liquidating Telewizja Polska without a change to the law is impossible. Yet the governing majority appears determined to push forward with a fresh breach of the legal framework.
According to TVP President Michał Adamczyk in a statement presented here, the current attack on public media rests on a clear legal foundation. He explains that, since the outset of this unprecedented assault in the annals of the Third Polish Republic, the Broadcasting Act assigns sole authority to the National Media Council to decide who leads TVP, Polish Radio, and the Polish Press Agency. He notes that the provisions of the Companies Code, being a lower-tier law, do not apply to this matter. Liquidating an entity that has been established by law is not a permissible step. Consequently, the leadership and supporters of public media remain steadfast in resisting what they view as a wave of lawlessness. Adamczyk calls on all people of goodwill and defenders of the rule of law to unite and defend the applicable legal framework and the public media, which the new authorities aim to erase, abolish, and liquidate.
What is unfolding is a pattern many observers anticipated. The plan is straightforward: once liquidation takes place, the profits and assets of the public media are purportedly to be redirected toward large international media groups. The governing body would have patched up its political liabilities with the funds, while profits flow abroad and employees at Polish Television, Polish Radio, and the Polish News Agency stand to lose their jobs. This sequence of events would mark a major shift in the state’s media landscape and raise serious questions about the protection of national public broadcasting. The gravity of the situation has prompted renewed calls to safeguard the independence and integrity of public media, ensuring that critical information remains under national stewardship rather than being redirected to foreign-controlled interests.
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Source: wPolityce