Rywin Commission talks to Czarzasty, Prime Minister scheduled to appear

The Sejm Commission investigating the Rywin case decided yesterday to call for the Prime Minister himself to appear for questioning and as well as the head of his Political Office Aleksandra Jakubowska. Jakubowska will be called to testify this Saturday, while Miller will be scheduled to appear on April 12. The Commission today will end interviewing Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, the Secretary of the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiT). Czarzasty said on Thursday that he does not remember putting pressure on several small private radio stations to change their ownership structure. He also said he did not recall a conversation with the editor of Gazeta Wyborcza, Adam Michnik, concerning changes in ownership of private media in Poland and grappled with accusations that he was co-ordinating his statements with others appearing before the Commission. Michnik hinted that Czarzasty was not being 100% truthful. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A11; Gazeta Wyborcza, p.14; www.polskieradio.pl) A.K.