Polish President Slams Tusk’s Public Television Shakeup as ‘Anarchy’

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda denounced as “anarchy” the new government’s shakeup of public broadcasters that led to some channels going off air and sparked protests from former ruling party lawmakers.

The criticism follows a day of drama at the headquarters of state television, with a sit-in by nationalist lawmakers and chaotic scenes as newly appointed executives entered offices for the first time. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose pro-European Union alliance unexpectedly won elections in October, has denounced state television as a mouthpiece of the Law & Justice party and vowed to quickly overhaul it.