2023. December 21 – 10:38
Polish President Andrzej Duda told commercial radio station Radio Zet that Polish Minister of Culture and Heritage Protection, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, violated the constitution when he acted on the basis of a parliamentary decision in the public media case.
“The House of Representatives cannot issue decisions that replace or change laws, according to the minister,” said Duda, who described Sienkiewicz’s actions as a mess. According to him, the management of public media is regulated by the National Media Council Law, which the current parliamentary majority can constitutionally amend, but cannot circumvent.
The background to the case is that the new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Tuesday that due to serious professional objections, funding for public media will not be provided in the Polish budget for next year for the time being. Yesterday, Wednesday, the former Law and Justice Party announced that the former Law and Justice Party cadres, who led Poland for two terms, have been relieved of their permanent leadership duties.
This is due to distorted and openly biased reporting provided by the public broadcaster during the election campaign Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe According to his report, the ruling party had tailwinds so strong that they “undermined the democratic separation of state and party.” After the elections, which were presented and explained in detail on telex, Marcin Wolski, one of TVP’s most important presenters, exploded that “we did cruder propaganda than in the 1970s.” [a kommunizmus alatt]”.
