— What Mr. Swirski recognizes and what is not his business and his problem. I cannot imagine specified an approach that he will choose the decisions of the authorities that suit him and which do not. He must submit to the decision of the Sejm, and specifically to its consequences. He is suspended in duties, and so much so, says prof. Tadeusz Kowalski, associate of the National Radio and tv Council.
This is how he responds to Friday's decision of the Sejm, which decided that Maciej Świrski, appointed in the time of the Law and Justice, is to stand before the Court of State .
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432 Members voted on the Court of State for Maciej Świrski. The absolute majority required is 217 votes. There were 237 Members in favour, 179 against and 16 abstentions.
— I will not resign or suspend myself, nor will I change my position on the National Broadcasting Council," said KRRiT president Maciej Świrski after the vote in the Sejm.
— I made a decision today, seeing the results of this vote that I do not accept this resultHe stressed. Swirski pointed out that the National Broadcasting Council would act as it had operated so far.
"If Mr. Swirski comes to the KRRiT meeting, this will be an illegal meeting"
— Mr. Swirski is known for treating and continuing to treat the KRRiT as his principality, his domain. I will talk to the another members of the Council due to the fact that Mr. Swirski will not decide for us, nor will he drag us into any illegal activities, due to the fact that from the minute the Sejm adopted the resolution Any gathering with Mr. Swirski will be illegal. Similarly, any decision he signed will be unlawful “ prof. Kowalski says.
We ask if it matters to the script that the launch of Maciej Świrski's trial before the TS will effort to block the president of the tribunal, Małgorzata Manowska. This is the 1st president of the ultimate Court, who is head of the TS and is closely associated with the Law and Justice, as is Swirski. “If Mrs. Manowska does not call a TS meeting, then Maciej Świrski will be in a state of suspension in responsibilities, so he will not have the right to appear at the KRRiT meeting,” says a associate of the Council.
— If the tribunal starts sitting, the better, we may get a resolution,” says Prof. Kowalski. “For me, it is crucial that the Council assembles in the remaining 4 members and begins to function normally. I think it will work, he points out.
Main sins of Maciej Świrski? ‘Many. He was as if blind to 1 eye”
In the opinion of Prof. Kowalski, Maciej Świrski's hardest name was an effort to "starve" public media. “The biggest sin that caused measurable social failure was blocking the subscription money to TVP and Polish Radio. This resolution was based solely on the initiative of Mr Świrski, who did not depart from it, despite the fact that more than 90 judgments of the courts, stating that it was an unwarranted and unlawful decision, states a associate of the KRRiT.
— His reluctance to change his head had the characteristics of harassing public media, which he no longer liked after the change of power in 2023, he points out. “At the same time, he was blind to 1 eye, due to the fact that he did not want to see all the miseries of public media, TVP and Polish Radio, during the regulation of the Law and Justice, which then became straight government, organization media,” prof. Kowalski emphasized.
— At the time, Mr. Swirski did not criticize them, but the punishments were on the private media, due to the fact that someway there they criticized the Law and Justice, to which they had all right. This is simply a sphere of freedom of speech where 1 should not, under the influence of political sympathy, impose colossal penalties on the media. And that is what Mr. Świrski did, even though his courts regularly waived those penalties,” concludes prof. Kowalski.
