In Brief: Media bill; Recall Miller?; SLD a victim of Rywin?; EU referendum
"To put it plainly, some shenanigans took place during the work on the media bill," the President of the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV) Juliusz Braun told the Sejm Rywin Commission on Saturday. He added that SLD was considering an idea of privatizing the state-owned. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) ... Deputies from Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO) claim that the position of Prime Minister Leszek Miller is currently so weak that the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) should replace him with another leader. SLD leaders say that they are not considering such a possibility. (Rze czpospolita, p. A5) ... PM Leszek Miller said at a Lodz SLD meeting that the Rywin scandal is being used to undermine the SLD's position and exclude it from the political scene. "The SLD and me are victims in this affair, and therefore we have to do our best to push this issue to an end," said Miller. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) ... Under the amendment to the referendum bill proposed by Senate on Friday, the EU referendum may be held for two days however, it will have to take place on a Saturday and Sunday. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8) A.Z.