Radosław Fogiel, a PiS member of parliament, gave a brief and direct reaction to the news that Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski had visited every district in the capital.
Information appeared on Warsaw’s public transport screens indicating that Rafał Trzaskowski had visited all 18 districts of the city, with Wilanów being the last on Tuesday, February 13.
All because of the pandemic?
The issue is that the capital’s president took almost his entire term to complete the rounds. He began his district visits in 2020 and, according to TVN Warszawa, a long pandemic pause left him reaching Wilanów only after four years.
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MP for Law and Justice Radosław Fogiel responded to the notion of Trzaskowski achieving this milestone.
On the other hand, it is not surprising to hear such praise given the length of time involved, Fogiel summarized on the X platform.
“On one leg”
Wirtualna Polska journalist Patryk Słowik also weighed in on Trzaskowski’s so called farm visits.
Visiting all 18 districts in a little over five years would be a modest accomplishment even if done on foot, in one leg, and moving backwards, Słowik observed.
Adrian Zandberg of the Razem party offered a different framing of the information.
No, these are not advertisements for the Civic Platform Election Committee. These are announcements displayed on trams and buses. Is this fair play? Elections in the capital appear to have an uneven playing field. Rafał Trzaskowski will receive significantly more funding for the campaign than Magdalena Biejat. Does he truly need to use the city budget for this purpose
Zandberg noted.
Trzaskowski’s travels abroad
Warsaw PiS councilor Ernest Kobyliński asked in an interpellation about the number of business trips undertaken by Mayor Trzaskowski. City Hall responded that in 2023 Trzaskowski made 22 foreign trips and four domestic trips.
The councilor emphasized that while residents are encouraged to travel by public transport or bicycle, the mayor himself logged more than 22,000 kilometers in a company car. With only four trips within Poland, 22,500 kilometers is a substantial distance, Kobyliński argued.
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Source: wPolityce