PM declares the role of public TV is to back the gov't

Two senior journalists from the station filed their resignations arguing that the freedom they were promised while preparing a program they were commissioned to make will also go with the departure of Wildstein. Law and Justice (PiS) politicians admit that Wildstein was the cause of conflict between PiS and its coalition partners and that TVP under his management was as critical towards the government as were commercial TV stations. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski declared that Urbanski, "Is a good candidate for the president of TVP. Public television will never be separated from political influence," declared Kaczynski. Urbanski will be acting president until April 3 when the supervisory board is to resolve the competition for the post. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) E.B.