In Poland, the transition of public media towards independence is not going smoothly. On Thursday afternoon, demonstrators responded to the call of PiS nationalists to protest against the new management of public television, appointed by the new Minister of Culture.
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with our correspondent in Warsaw, Adrien Sarlat.
A sea of white and red flags converged on the Parliament in Warsaw this afternoon. The Poles responded to the call from PiS, which invited them to demonstrate against the reform of public broadcasting initiated by the new government of Donald Tusk. At the end of December, the government had dismissed the management of public media until there pro-PiS. A decision contested in court.
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“ Free Poland, free Poland! », chants the crowd.
Yola traveled 100 km from Siedlce to demand the reestablishment of public television in accordance with the ideas of PiS as it had been for the last eight years. “ We could watch TV that agreed with our ideas, with real right-wing ideas! »
Andrzej and his wife Sylvia do not adhere to the ideas of PiS, but they hold to the concept of media pluralism. “ Many say that TVP the public channel was pro-PiS, but in the meantime, it was a counterweight to the private channels which were also oriented! »
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He also denounces the unconstitutionality of the latest changes. On Wednesday, a decision by the Warsaw Registry Court declared that the appointment of the new media directors by the Minister of Culture was illegal.