TVP management board told to solve CEO's conflicts or face dismissal

The supervisory board of Polish Television (TVP) has called upon the management board of the broadcaster to end the conflict between the company's president Jan Dworak and deputy president Ryszard Pacławski. Part of the supervisory board warned that if the disagreement was not resolved, than the management board would be dismissed and a wholly new one appointed in a month. "TVP is facing difficult challenges, we cannot tolerate a situation in which the board takes several weeks to take key decisions," said supervisory board member Tadeusz Kowalski. He added that on Wednesday Dworak was complaining that he had no influence on programs nor personal issues and even worse, there was no will of reaching a compromise. Kowalski explained that the president should have more power because, "His public responsibility is far larger, as he is criticized in the media." Jan Dworak said that he was willing to resolve the conflict with the use of arguments rather than force. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.M.