Świrski is no longer conducting KRRiT. The Council dismissed him from the function of the chairman

Members of the National Broadcasting Council dismissed Maciej Świrski from the function of the chairman – it was given on the National Council website. Agnieszka Glapiak became the new chairwoman. Prof. Tadeusz Kowalski told PAP that Świrski is still a member of the National Broadcasting Council, but he could not perform a ticket.

“Pursuant to Article 9 (1), in connection with Article 7 (2) of the Act of 29.12.1992 on radio and television, guided by the concern for reliable fulfillment of the constitutional duties of the National Broadcasting Council threatened by the activities of the ruling coalition in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, members of the Council dismissed Maciej Świrski, by the statutory majority of four votes from the function of chairman KRRiR.” KRRiT.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Chairman of the National Council, they choose from their group and dismiss members of the National Broadcasting Council. There are five of them. Two of them are appointed by the Sejm, one by the Senate and two by the president.

Agnieszka Glapiak became the new chairwoman of the National Broadcasting Council (previously vice -chairman), her deputy – Hanna Karp. Both were chosen by a statutory majority of four votes.

Agnieszka Glapiak, Hanna Karp, Tadeusz Kowalski and Marzena Paczuska signed the message.

Last Friday, the Sejm was in favor of pulling Maciej Świrski to constitutional responsibility before the State Tribunal. However, Świrski did not recognize the decision of the Sejm and on Monday morning he appeared at the headquarters of the National Broadcasting Council. During the press conference, he said that the attack on the National Council and himself is an attack on freedom of speech in Poland. – That is why there is my decision in this position and not to give up this pressure and repression that touches me from the executive power, but also the government in the Sejm. I do not make myself free, I act as I act so far. The National Council works and we will not undergo manipulative pressure either the Sejm, nor the government, nor some media – he emphasized.

Prof. Kowalski explained in an interview with PAP that, according to the resolution of the Sejm, Świrski is still a member of the National Broadcasting Council, but was suspended in activities and cannot perform a mandate.

– According to the rules, he should not participate in meetings or vote. He was also dismissed from the function of the chairman, i.e. he is a member who basically maintains only the right to remuneration. He still remains in the composition of the council, but his law is completely passive. The active participation of Świrski in the work of the National Council could mean a significant legal defect that could lead to the annulment of all kinds of resolutions and decisions of the National Broadcasting Council – said prof. Kowalski.

He announced that the next meeting of the National Broadcasting Council, with the new chairwoman, would take place on Wednesday, July 30.

Świrski issued a statement on Monday. He wrote: “The meeting you converted have no legal basis, because only the chairman can convene a meeting and resume it after a break.” “The Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that the Act on the State Court is unconstitutional, and therefore, which is also found by the Constitutional Tribunal in a statement, voting in the Sejm regarding the chairman before the State Tribunal of July 25 this year does not have legal effects,” says Świrski.

He added that the invitation of him “to this incorrectly convened meeting is an attempt to validate this inconsistent with the regulations.” He also assessed that “the most of the council's advice to recognize the unlawful actions of the Sejm and recognition of voting regarding the prosecution of the State Tribunal as binding is the recognition of the unlawful action of the ruling coalition in the form of not recognizing the Constitutional Tribunal and other unlawful actions of the Tusk government, as well as the remaining parliamentary majority.”

“It can also be said that the recognition of the majority of the National Council before TS is a violation of the Constitution, because the provisions of the Constitutional Tribunal are ultimate and unpassing. KRRiT as a control authority of the state is obliged to observe and apply the law, and thus also to recognize the decisions of the Constitutional Tribunal,” he emphasized.

Last Friday, three members of KRRiT in the issued statement assessed the decision to put Świrski before TS “as a politically motivated attack on the constitutional body.” “The hit of the National Broadcasting Council by MPs of the ruling coalition is a violation of the rules of the Democratic State of Law,” they wrote at that time. Prof. Kowalski did not sign this statement.

In 2024, the then Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz announced in 2024. He argued that the head of the National Broadcasting Council did not pay public media to the subscription because “his political colleagues do not rule there.” – This is the reason and let's not pretend it is different. He drastically breaks the law and there is a notification to the prosecutor's office submitted in this case. The representative of the TVP liquidator appears in this matter, and I am seriously considering requesting the Parliament to the State Tribunal for Mr. Świrski, because I think it is exceeding all lines – he said.

A preliminary application for Świrski before the State Tribunal was submitted to the Sejm by a group of 185 deputies in May 2024. The application was reviewed by the Sejm Commission of Constitutional Responsibility, which on June 12 adopted a report recommending the Sejm to accept the application. – There were 11 to 7 in the vote. At the same time, there was a minority application, submitted by PiS deputies, to discontinue the proceedings.

PiS deputies are against erecting the head of the National Bullyutable Code. In June last year They appealed to the Constitutional Tribunal that enable this. In October, the Constitutional Tribunal issued the so -called Security provision, which would oblige all those related to the Sejm bodies – including the Speaker of the Sejm, deputy marshals and the Sejm Commission of Constitutional responsibility – to refrain from all actions regarding the Freaking before TS to the time until the Tribunal resolves the case of the contested provisions.

In mid -July, the Constitutional Tribunal, after recognizing the application of a group of PiS deputies, ruled that two provisions governing the pull to the state of the State of the KRRIT member are unconstitutional.

The Sejm Marshal, after the Sejm adopted a resolution on erecting TS, forwards a resolution with documents to the State Tribunal. (PAP)

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