At Saturday's meeting, the National Media Council adopted a position on Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz's decision to set up TVP, Polish Radio and the Polish Press Agency. in liquidation. The document was adopted by a vote of 3:2.
Resolution of the Council of Ministers
As noted, the action of the head of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage “contradicts constitutional principles” and many laws. RMN believes that “the direct application of the Code of Commercial Companies violates the principle of independence of the media from executive authorities” and “the action of the Minister of Culture is a clear case of the degradation of the role of public media in the current period.” Constitutional order and demonstration of their dependence on executive power”.
The Council also indicated that it was adopted by the Seimas on December 19 resolution Calls on the government to restore the impartiality and credibility of the public media “have no legal effect” and are only an expression of “the will of the parliamentary majority”.
Based on the above, it must be said that the actions of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage regarding the appointment of the existing and new management and supervisory boards of Public Radio-Television and the Polish Press Agency have no legal basis. They are based on arbitrariness, arbitrariness and the absence of any legalism in the functioning of public authorities,” the summary said.
The National Media Council also calls on state institutions, including the courts, to disregard (…) the illegal decisions of the Minister of Culture as a will without normative significance.
The Prosecutor's Office is starting an investigation
Law and Justice MP Krzysztof Szczyk informed the prosecutor's office about the possibility of a crime by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz.
The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into: 1) Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz's abuse of authority in relation to the dismissal of members of the management and supervisory boards of public media without legal grounds; 2) Violation of the inviolability of the MP's body. Joanna Borowiak during the parliamentary intervention on December 20″ – said the PiS politician.
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