Rywin Commission: Celiński contradicts himself, but sheds light on media bill

Former Culture Minister Andrzej Celiński denied his own earlier statement when questioned by the Sejm Rywin Commission that the Prime Minister set up a special team to prepare the media bill. However, he confirmed that A leksandra Jakubowska was willing to cooperate in preparing the bill with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Lech Nikolski and Robert Kwiatkowski. His words confirmed the opinion of many deputies who suspected that despite the fact that Jakubowska was officially supervising the work on the new media bill on her own, other influential individuals supported her. The biggest sensation was caused by a document showed by Deputy Jan Rokita (Civic Platform) to Andrzej Celiński, which concerned asking the Prime Minister to allow J akubowska to supervise government work on the bill. What was sensational was that despite the fact that it was written on official Culture Ministry paper, it was probably not sent from the Ministry. "Everyone can see it is not my handwriting. I do not understand it," said Celiński. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.M.