On 11 March 2024, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic presented a proposal to amend the RTVS, which it included in the interdepartmental comment procedure.

The STaR Council should have had the power to elect the director general of public media, which is currently decided by parliamentarians by majority vote.

[6] International journalistic organizations also reacted to the amendment, and media freedom groups called for the bill's withdrawal.

[8] After pressure from the public and experts with 327 comments on the draft law on Slovak television and radio, it was sent back to the Legislative Council of the Government of the Slovak Republic[9] On 24 April, R. Fico's government approved an amended bill on television and radio, proposed by Prime Minister Robert Fico and Minister of Culture Martina Šimkovičová due to the alleged bias of the RTVS, which is "continuously fighting with the government".

[10] The head of the service office of the Ministry of Culture Lukáš Machala said that the reason for the amendment of the RTVS is a purely political decision.

[11] Compared to the first proposal, the ministry canceled the program board and the possibility of dismissing the director without reason, which would violate European legislation.

There are 4 national television channels: The General Director is elected by a nine-member council with four candidates from the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.