- What lies ahead? We wanted this act and the text of this act and amendments to the act to be based on truly three pillars. The first is the independence of authorities, the second - financial stability, and the third - limiting the press publishing by local government units - stated Marta Cienkowska at a press conference at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (MKiDN).

- Firstly, contests, secondly, contests, and thirdly - contests again. We need transparent contests based on competency criteria. Every candidate chosen for bodies involved with public media must, above all, meet the requirements of being apolitical and an expert. What does this mean? Apolitical means, among other things, not belonging to a political party for 5 years prior to the moment of candidacy, not holding a position in a political party, and not having run in general elections for at least 10 years - said the Minister of Culture.

- Regarding the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), we envision it consisting of 9 members appointed for 6-year terms with a rotating composition, with one-third of the members replaced every 2 years. The Sejm will elect 4 members, the Senate 2, and the President 3. Additional requirements will, of course, include the support of industry non-governmental organizations - she noted.

- As for the management boards of media companies, we plan for a single-person management board, appointed for 5 years by the apolitical KRRiT upon the recommendation of a competition committee. Who will sit on the competition committee? Firstly, members of the Supervisory Board, and in the case of national companies, 2 members of the Programme Council, and in the case of regional companies - one member of the Programme Council - said Cienkowska.

- We plan to abolish the National Media Council. Its duties will be taken over by the KRRiT - she stated.

- We will propose PLN 2.5 billion in stable funding from the budget, naturally supplemented by indexation for inflation. This is an amount we have managed to work out, also after the audit of TVP, in talks with the Ministry of Finance, out of concern for the state budget, but also after internal discussions concerning, for example, the necessary changes in the mission statement - she said.

- No more license fees, the radio and television license fee is absolutely ineffective - added the Minister of Culture.