Kwiatkowski denies sending Rywin to Agora

"I am not the author of the 'bribe for a legislation' idea. I did not send Rywin to Agora. I did not want to privatize TVP2," declared TVP President Robert Kwiatkowski in front of the Inquiry Commission. He did admit, h owever, to having spent the weekend preceding the notorious conversation recorded by Adam Michnik, in a Mazurian holiday home belonging to Lew Rywin. Kwiatkowski appeared before the commission visibly tense and did not wish to comment on a text published in Rzeczpospolita concerning phone billing, in which the paper proved his frequent contacts with Lew Rywin. He claimed that he had access to the tapescript of the conversations, admitted to having a good relationship with Rywin and to seeking a compromise over the media law because the government's planned amendment could have damaged the situation of public television. Kwiatkowski will appear on the witness stand again today, Rywin is to follow suit. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.C.