The National
Broadcasting Council

The National Broadcasting Council expresses its firm opposition to the decision of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of December 27, 2023, concerning the dissolution of strategic public media companies: Telewizja Polska S.A., Polskie Radio S.A. and the Polska Agencja Prasowa S.A., and the procedural initiation for their liquidation.

The Polish government’s decision was taken in violation of the provisions of the Broadcasting Act. Such an action is also a blatant violation of Article 7 of the Polish Constitution, which states that all public authorities in Poland are obliged to act only on the basis and within the limits of the law.

The decision to liquidate the public media companies affects the entire system of democratic values in the country, depriving the public media of the possibility of fulfilling their public mission, and thereby restricting the public’s access to information and cultural goods.

With his decision, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage has endangered the internal and external security of the state, as the broadcasting systems of public media companies are an actual element of the critical infrastructure of the Polish state.

The National Broadcasting Council calls on the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and all those carrying out his orders to stop violating the law, destroying civil liberties and depriving the public of access to information.

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