“Television has always been a political booty.” Law and Justice: Kursk will be … – BBC

“Little media law” and reaching for her change of personnel in the public media and the appointment of Jacek Kurski president of TVP wake protests from some circles. On Saturday in many Polish cities held protests organized by the Committee for the Defense of Democracies. The demonstrations are carried out under the slogan “Free media”

The new law on broadcasting and its aftermath, which is discussed in the “Woronicza 17″ politicians and experts.

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Ryszard Czarnecki, commenting demonstrations CODE, said that “with respect approaches each countryman who has the right to express their views”. – I think that some people who was there, was certainly the best of intentions. These people need to reach, explain, show government policy. And not to offend and distract them back. That would be the worst solution – explained Czarnecki. Commenting but some of the Warsaw demonstration said that characterized it “a hysteria, excessive emotions.”

He also referred to the new changes in the president of TVP. According to him, Jacek Kursk “will want to go down in history” as the creator of good television. – Kursk will want to do a good TV if only for half a year to again be president – said Czarnecki.

“Leave the TV, which enjoys the trust”

– Today, television enjoys high public trust. This is a good answer to how public television was conducted – said Marcin Kierwiński, when asked how to assess public television, which operated during the reign of PO-PSL coalition. Commenting on the election of Jacek Kurski president said he was “concerned that create television that will be a propaganda mouthpiece Law and Justice”.

– You would give him a chance, but we have to look at what happened in the past. There is something wrong in that it gives to the Polish Television active politics, which he says of himself that he is bullterriers Jaroslaw Kaczynski. And additionally it is called odpolitycznianiem media – said Kierwiński.

Conversion in the public media very sharply commented on his representative of the Polish Peasant Party . – Public television presents a good level. We hope that these changes will not Smash it completely. Unfortunately, after what happened with the Constitutional Court and the civil service’m afraid that a similar phenomenon will be here – said Adam Struzik with the PSL.

“The public media have always been prey to politicians’

On the other hand, Adam Szłapka, a representative of Modern, stressed that public television has always been politicized. – Some men say that so far, everything was fine, Chairman Czarnecki says that now it will be all right. Speaking about the fact that public television was not politicized that it is not prey to politicians, is false. Politicians always try to have an impact on public media. Mr. President of Braun also was a politician – he noted. According to him “the media need to reform and separation from their politicians.”

– Do not kid yourself – in the law, which proposed the PiS’s not about healing the public media. The only thing is to subjugate them – summed up Adam Szłapka.

Kukiz’15: the current solution is temporary

The representative of the group Kukiz’15 said that the so-called. small media law his party supported, but stressed that it was a temporary project. – Public service media need a comprehensive law that will describe not only the financing of public media, but also a way of de-politicization. We want to be involved in the work on this law – said Peter Apel.

Expert: the question of whether the changes are in accordance with the law

– The fact that television is prey to political, we know for a long time. Unfortunately, translation, that ye beat, then we will beat even more is no translation. The problem is whether the changes done in accordance with applicable law, both Polish and European level. – Added Dr Anna Materska-Sosnowska, a political scientist at Warsaw University.

She said that the PO is also intended to provide a solution that would enable the election of the President of TVP by the Minister of the Treasury. – Fortunately, there was a separation of powers and President Lech Kaczynski absolutely can not agree – explained the political scientist. She added that “there can be such a direct relationship TVP and the executive”.

AFTER make any certain actions of a purely political using a special system, which tentatively called the veil

On the other hand prof. Wawrzyniec Konarski, a political scientist at Jagiellonian University, pointed out that the dispute over the public media “are two parties involved.” – Those who ruled us, carry out certain activities for purely political using a special system, which tentatively called the veil, that is, in white gloves – said political scientist. He noted that those “who now govern us, they do so in a direct and very fast”. – The effect of this can be, and would like very much to avoid this, a growing lack of trust in public media – he concluded.