“If the editor-in-chief is being wiretapped, it means the rest of us are being wiretapped as well, because we communicate with him. It also means the authorities are illegally collecting information about the newsroom’s work,” said journalist Katarzyna Gójska on Telewizja Republika. She stressed that this could foreshadow aggressive moves by those in power against the station.
On Friday morning, the Sejm held a nearly 90-minute closed session. It is known that Prime Minister Donald Tusk spoke during the confidential proceedings.
After the session ended, PiS MP Bartosz Kownacki stated:
“I have no doubt that the editor-in-chief of TV Republika is being surveilled by the security services and that this is being used for brutal, primitive political games. Today, the services are being used for political warfare.”
The government’s actions against Telewizja Republika were discussed earlier today on the program Rewolwer. According to journalist Katarzyna Gójska, the PiS politician’s statement is “clear evidence.”
“An MP who deals with the special services — who therefore has knowledge and experience in this area — comes out and says plainly that, based on what he heard, the head of the largest television outlet in Poland is being wiretapped,” she said.
This means, Gójska stressed, that “half of the Telewizja Republika newsroom is also being wiretapped.”
“If the editor-in-chief is being monitored, that means everyone who communicates with him is also monitored. It also means the authorities are illegally gathering information on the editorial team’s work,” she said, noting that this may signal “preparations for aggressive actions” against the station.
She then referred to the recent act of sabotage on Polish railways:
“Why was someone like Ivanov able to enter Poland on his own documents, unbothered, after two checks by Polish services? Well, if the Polish security services are busy chasing after Telewizja Republika and Tomek Sakiewicz, they simply don’t have the time to deal with some Ivanov. What does some Ivanov matter to the prime minister? He doesn’t bother him at all.”
“And here we have a real problem — this concerns Donald Tusk’s security. His personal security, with emphasis on personal. Losing power will entail personal consequences. These people have gone so far that this can’t be explained away. The law has been broken, as has the Constitution. The institutions of the Polish state have been destroyed,” Gójska argued.