Kaczynski to take legal action in wake of damning television broadcast

Lech Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, has announced that he intends to take legal action against those he considers responsible for a film broadcast on TVP1 in which members of the former Center Party (PC), to which he and his brother belonged, were accused of taking bribes and other unethical behavior. In his announcement, Kaczynski said that those he plans to sue are TVP1 itself, the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV), and the Committee for Journalistic Ethics. KRRiTV has refused to respond to Kaczynski's accusations, and is still planning to broadcast the second part of the film tonight. President of KRRiTV, Juliusz Braun, said that it is not the council but the courts that should study the case. Kaczynski is also demanding a few minutes of prime time television on Channel 1, during which he can respond to all the accusations against him contained in the film. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) A.K.