Macierewicz under fire

Antoni Macierewicz, the head of the Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW) and author of the report on the former military information services (WSI), is being sued by Polsat Television.

Polsat has filed a petition to open preparatory proceedings against Macierewicz, who, the company claims, gave false information about it in the WSI report.

The WSI report alleges that Polsat profited from the help of many people who secretly cooperated with the WSI in the 1990s, including board member Piotr Nurowski, who allegedly influenced the content of Polsat's programs in accordance with the WSI's guidelines. Furthermore, Zygmunt Solorz-Żak, the owner of Polsat Television, is said to have collaborated with the former communist secret services (SB) during the 1980s.

Polsat representatives state that Macierewicz knew that this information was false. Moreover, they say that allegations undermine the company's credibility.

Apart from Polsat's petition, Solorz-Żak has personally filed a suit. "I announce that ... I have laid a claim against Antoni Macierewicz for the protection of my personal rights," Solorz-Żak said in a statement. The owner of Polsat is demanding an official apology from Macierewicz and zł.50,000 to be given to charity.

This is the second time that Macierewicz has come under fire from a TV company recently. A few weeks ago ITI Group, along with Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert, former members of ITI's board, also filed suit against Macierewicz. In the WSI report, Macierewicz alleged that ITI had maintained a relationship with the post-communist secret services, which wanted to create a TV station as a cover for sending agents to the West.