TVN management decides to let Tomasz Lis go

"During the past few month Tomasz Lis has repeatedly violated the terms of an agreement which he signed with the station on September 30, 2003, concerning the requirement for permission for all kinds of public speeches and statements," said Andrzej Sołtysik, TVN spokesperson. Lis has rejected such a motivation behind this decision. "My future plans related to politics were clear from the very beginning. I am a journalist and I want to remain one. I have no political ambitions," he announced. Lis was suspended from running the main news on TVN two weeks ago after Newsweek published an opinion poll which showed that was well placed to win the next presidential election. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, p. 1) A.K