On Friday, a vote was held on the dismissal of Krzysztof Czabański from the National Media Council. By decision of the Sejm, Czabański, who had headed the RMN since 2016, was dismissed.
Krzysztof Czabański dismissed from the National Media Council
On Friday, a resolution was adopted to dismiss Krzysztof Czabański from the position of chairman of the National Media Council.
257 members of parliament voted for Czabański’s dismissal, while 183 members voted against it. No one abstained. Despite receiving a letter on this matter from the Speaker of the Sejm, the head of the RMN did not appear at Friday’s vote.
On Monday, MPs from the Civic Coalition submitted a motion to dismiss Krzysztof Czabański from the National Media Council. On Thursday, the proposal in this matter was given a positive opinion by the Committee on Culture and Media. As assessed in the application, Krzysztof Czabański allegedly violated the ban on combining the function of the head of RMN with participation “in an entity that is a media service provider or a radio or television producer.”
