The National
Broadcasting Council

 The effect of the actions of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage is to remove from the premises of Telewizja Polska S.A., Polskie Radio S.A. and the Polish Press Agency S.A. the legitimate managers of the entities and the persons authorised by them to manage the assets of the entities. This entails the risk of losing control over broadcasting systems of strategic importance for the security of the State.

With the illegal switching off of the nationwide broadcasting signal of TVP Info, TVP World and TVP3, and the removal of news programs from the airwaves, the Polish public became a silent witness to the upheaval in the public media sector. In turn, the information reaching the public about the construction of the “new media order” by Donald Tusk's government solely on the basis of a resolution of the Parliament (Sejm) of the Republic of Poland of 19 December 2023, blatantly violates the existing regulations of the Media Law and causes deep concern among citizens. The public has been deprived of the right to information about the actions of the public authorities, in particular about the circumstances of the violent seizure of power in the structures of the public broadcasters, contrary to Article 61(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.

The National Broadcasting Council calls on Prime Minister Donald Tusk to stop the escalation of lawlessness in the Republic of Poland.

 

Maciej Świrski The Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council

dr Agnieszka Glapiak Vice-Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council,

dr hab. Hanna Karp member of the National Broadcasting Council,

Marzena Paczuska member of the National Broadcasting Council.