Ex-communist propaganda party boss appointed to KRRiTV

Despite protests from the opposition the Sejm reached a controversial decision and nominated Ryszard Ulicki from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) as the new member of the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV). Ulicki was the former secretary of old communist party in Koszalin responsible for propaganda. He is also the author of texts glorifying the Civil Militia (Milicja Obywatelska) and is a former member of a committee which verified journalists after martial law. Another candidate for the post was Justice and Law's Krzysztof Nowak, but as the SLD command the Sejm, from the beginning it was rather improbable that he could have secured the post. The Civic Platform did not put forward any candidate, acknowledging the fact that SLD will most likely succeed in guaranteeing one of their men another place in the KRRiTV. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3 ; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.C.