He apologised for the ‘unfortunate incident’ which had provoked much comment about the station indulging in alleged censorship on social media. This, explained the station’s managing director, was the reason why it nullified the chart. It also alleged that the results of the contest had been ‘manipulated’. It was later reported that Marek Niedźwiecki, the DJ who has hosted the show for decades, resigned from the station in protest.Īccording to the radio station’s management the decision to allow the song to participate in the chart contest was a breach of the rules of the show as it had not been one of those selected to be listed.

Within minutes of the programme ending, information about the song topping the charts disappeared from the station’s portal. 1 single on a popular “Trójka” charts programme that has been running for many years. On Friday the song was listed as being the No. The fact that Mr Kaczyński was allowed to drive into the cemetery was widely criticised by parts of the media as being an example of privileged special treatment being handed out to a senior political figure. It’s title, “Your pain’s worth more than mine” protests at the fact that the leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS), Jarosław Kaczyński visited a cemetery, that at the time was closed to the public, during the pandemic on the 10th anniversary of the Smolensk air tragedy on April 10, and visited his mother’s grave as well as graves of individuals who died at Smolensk. The song in question was recorded by veteran singer Kazik Staszewski.

Both the Deputy PM Piotr Gliński and the head of President Andrzej Duda’s election campaign Joachim Brudziński MEP took to social media over the weekend to criticise the fact that a public Radio station (Trójka) took down information on its portal about a song criticising the ruling party leader Jarosław Kaczyński which one of its programmes had put in first place in the popularity charts.

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