KRRiTV report accepted by Senate

The Senate yesterday accepted the annual report of the Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV), which in turn means that it will not be dissolved. According to the latest poll by CBOS, over half the public supports the idea of dismissing the council's members, while 61% have a negative opinion of the work it does. The Council can only be dissolved if the President, the Senate, and the Sejm all reject the annual report. However, the ruling Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) has a Senate majority and 63 of them voted in favor, while 17 were against and 4 abstained. Recently, President Kwaśniewski called on members of the Council to step down following the Sejm investigation committee's questioning of its head, Juliusz Braun. (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 2, 18) M.M.