SLD candidate drunk and disorderly when pulling down SLD posters

The Sejm candidate from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Robert Siejka, together with several colleagues, tore down the election posters of their party colleague Jerzy Jaskiernia in downtown Kielce on Sunday night, Gazeta Wyborcza has learned. They also threatened police officers intervening in the case, and the prospective Member of Parliament and his friends ended up in custody, after which they were escorted home by city guards. Yesterday Monika Bochnacka, the local police press officer, said that in practice there was no law violation since the boardings on which the posters hung were rented by the SLD election committee. Local police commandant Tadeusz Winiarski confirmed on Sunday that the incident took place and that the men were drunk and unruly whilst being arrested. The police head refused to give any other details yesterday. The leader of the SLD, Leszek Miller, said that should the "unethical behavior" be confirmed, the people involved will bear the consequences. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.4) P.J.