Within 2 days of the silence of the election, the police noted 327 cases of violations of it - informed the Police office on Monday. Among another things, there was the demolition of posters, online agitation and the lifting of ballot cards.
The election silence associated with the presidential election began at midnight at night from Friday to Saturday and lasted until Sunday at 9 p.m. erstwhile the vote ended. During the silence of the election, polls and agitators could not be published.
As she handed over to the Police office on Monday 327 cases of violations have been reported from the beginning of the election silence to the end.
Among the offences reported by police were two Members.
Saturday morning on the profile Deputy Minister of Justice Arkadiusz Myrchy There was a graphic on Facebook encouraging the vote for the candidate he indicated. "We vote on Sunday!" - he wrote in a post. "I'm sorry, as a consequence of the loading mistake they appeared after midnight. I already deleted it. I apologize for the error" - he then wrote Myrch on the X portal.
He besides posted an election post on Saturday morning Piotr Głowski (KO). "The entry concerning the election of the president of Poland, which X published on this page on Saturday 17.05 in the morning - I placed simultaneously with a akin on Facebook - on Friday 16.05 in the evening" - said Głowski on the X portal. "To make certain that individual can interpret it differently - I delete the entry" - he added.
They put up ballots.
There were cases in the Mazovia province breaking election silence over the net and raising ballot cards. 1 of the perpetrators – in Sokolovski area – was established, the another - in Komenice area – was not.
In Lublin Voivodeship, the police accepted respective reports related to e.g. elections. on the poster of 1 of the candidates in the Chelm territory individual painted a symbol promoting Nazism. Uniforms in the region besides noted 3 cases of poster removal and 1 - conducting agitation during the election silence.
Also in Podlasie, police received reports regarding election agitation. As the spokesperson for the Podlasie police Tomasz Krupa informed on Sunday, 1 afraid Zambrow and the election agitation on the social portal, and the another - Białystok, where the agitation was to take place by telephone during the conversation under the pretext of conducting a survey. The police informed about the next call on Saturday - it afraid a notification that On 1 of the streets in Białystok, a man walking in a group carried the flag of 1 of the election committees.
Drunk committee members
Other incidents have besides been reported - polling stations have appeared Intoxicated Persons. According to Mazowieckie police data, this was the case in Łochów, Hungary, where an inebriated committee associate came to work and in Mława, where an intoxicated man insulted the committee members.
A akin incidental occurred in the peripheral election commission in Sanoku. "The conductor has been informed that 1 of the members of the committee who has just turned up for work is most likely under the influence of alcohol. A patrol arrived, which confirmed that the female was drunk, a breathalyzer test showed almost 3 proms of alcohol," the staff reported. Isabella Rowinska from Sanoku region Police Station.
Asp. staff. Piotr Chwastowski of the Polish Police Department's press squad in Opole reported that a akin case was reported in the voivodship until noon. in Jaskowice (Secretary), where the president of the electoral committee called upon them to check the sobriety of 1 of the committee members. The alcomate showed over a promilium of alcohol. On the another hand, in Opole A 73-year-old man rioted at a polling station that left upon arrival of a police patrol.
In turn at 1 of the polling stations on the Golden Lates property in Bielsko-Biała An 84-year-old man fainted. Despite his CPR, he couldn't be saved. At another polling station - in the Bielsk territory of Olszówka, a man was detained by officers who acted aggressively towards members of the peripheral election commission. He was expected to scream and bite a associate of the committee.
Election silence rules
Electoral silence violates all component of active electoral agitation, that is, public urging or encouraging voting. It is not allowed during the silence of the election to convene assemblies, organize marches and manifestations, give speeches, or distribute election material. Encouraging participation in elections shall be without prejudice to election silence unless it contains elements of electoral agitation for 1 of the candidates.
Posters suspended before the beginning of voting silence request not be removed. However, vehicles with electoral posters must not be driven, but specified vehicles may stand. It is besides forbidden to registry on the net and at the polling station. During the silence of the election, it is prohibited to make the polls public.
A fine is being fined for breaking the ban on agitation in silence. For the publication of the polls it is from PLN 500 1000 to PLN 1 million. It concerns both pre-election polls on the projected behaviour of voters, election results and polls on the day of the vote.
PAP
