Photo: Local Government ServiceDeputy Minister of Justice Arkadiusz Myrcha posted on social media an entry in which he urged to vote for a peculiar candidate, thus breaking electoral silence. After a fewer hours, he removed the post and expressed remorse.
Electoral silence began 24 hours before the start of the vote. This means that it is valid from the north from Friday to Saturday and will proceed until the end of the vote on Sunday. At this time, polls and agitators cannot be published.
For breaking the election silence, there is simply a advanced fine, but as it turns out, Arkadius Myrch did nothing of it. Around 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, he posted a Facebook entry in which he called for a vote for a peculiar candidate, adding a photograph of him to it.
Before 9:00 p.m., the MP removed the entry and expressed remorse. – I'm sorry, as a consequence of the agenda loading error, they appeared after midnight. I already deleted it. I'm sorry. – wrote Myrch.
What's the threat of breaking silence?
The punishment for violating election silence may take 3 forms. PLN 5 1000 threatens for insignificant violations, then PLN 50 1000 is imposed for more serious forms of agitation, while PLN million is threatened for published election polls during the course of election silence.
