The posters and banners that pile up after election period certainly do not have a positive impact on the environment. All the more so if they were hung illegally, because it is not in the interest of the person on the posters to clean them up afterwards.

At this point, it is worth pointing out that according to the provision of article 110 paragraph 6 of the Electoral Code ["Placing and removal of election posters and slogans"]: "Election posters and slogans as well as advertising devices set up for the purpose of election canvassing shall be removed by election agents within 30 days after election day."

If the committees fail to comply with the provision, the municipal services shall remove the posters and other election materials after this deadline, and the municipal authorities shall charge the election committees for the cost of this work.

Of course, the election is yet to take place, but the election posters of Łukasz Mejza have already disappeared from the streets of Zielona Góra. City Mayor Janusz Kubicki explained that the Law and Justice MP's banners had been illegally hung up.

"I'm running out of words (and I don't want to curse). In Zielona Góra, without ANY CONSENT, ILLEGALLY, WITHOUT ANY RESPECT FOR THE LAW, election posters of one candidate were hung up. The he one who ‘cures children'. Łukasz Mejza, would have done better if he had donated his money to curing children, not to buying and placing banners everywhere," Janusz Kubicki writes on Facebook.

"Someone who doesn't respect the urban space doesn't respect the residents either. This is how I perceive it and this is my opinion. Dear residents please signal where they are so that we can clean them up. There is no permission to litter the city, ZERO TOLERANCE for such actions. It must disappear!!! (…) We will clean everything up! Zero tolerance!" - appealed the Mayor of Zielona Góra.

Earlier, the process of "Mejzifying" the city was brought to public attention by Społeczeństwo Obywatelskie - Zielona Góra Facebook fanpage.

Łukasz Mejza probably wanted to save money on permits, as he spent a considerable amount on the posters alone. Senator Wadim Tyszkiewicz pointed out the cost of such an undertaking. "This is something unprecedented. I don't think something like that has ever happened in Poland. Today Łukasz Mejza attacked the city on all fronts. There are thousands of banners everywhere (one costs at least 50 zloty, so 5000 posters equals 250 000 zloty with a campaign limit of about 4000 zloty). The scale is unimaginable," - Tyszkiewicz wrote on Facebook.

On top of this, one must also add the cost of cleaning up the posters after the elections. Or, as in this case, before the elections.

The Zielona Góra municipal services have apparently gone into top gear, as evidenced by another post by Mayor Janusz Kubicki. "As you know, yesterday the city was 'littered' with election posters. They were placed illegally without permission. They have all been taken down. There were more than a thousand of them!" - relayed Kubicki.

"A procedure has been initiated to charge a fee for what happened and it will not be small money. Everything has to be counted and this will happen. It will be tens of thousands of zloty! Zero tolerance for such actions, when you litter you have to be aware that all this is not for free and you will have to pay for it," assured the Mayor of Zielona Góra.

What could Łukasz Mejza have done to make himself look better in the eyes of the voters? Firstly, apply for permission to put up the posters. Secondly, show common sense and not hang them in places where they pose a danger to drivers and pedestrians, among others. Thirdly, behave like Sosnowiec councillor Lukasz Litewka, who put up images of dogs for adoption on his election posters.

The Left candidate generally sets a good example for all politicians. Four years ago, his banners served as warming boxes for dogs. And this is exactly where all election posters should go as they become useless for them after the elections. Worse still, abandoned on the streets, they contribute to urban littering.

Shelters for homeless animals all over the country are approaching election committees or the candidates themselves with a request to donate banners to animals in need. The material the banners are made of and their thickness are perfect for setting up cage covers, beds or insulating kennels for the winter.