As a viewer, I increasingly see that this may succeed and that Władysław Bakalarz may lose his position. I not only appreciate the persistence of Dariusz Mucha and the sense of mission behind his actions, but also his choice of actors for the play entitled “Cemetery Stories, or How to Bury a Company President Alive in a Municipal Cemetery.”

At first, the crude plotline and cardboard characters in this play irritated me somewhat. The company was bad, while the councillor was a good, perceptive hero. The first act was convoluted and boring. It concerned an illegal rubbish dump on a plot next to the municipal cemetery. The councillor discovered the plot. But the result was quite good, because it was established that MZGK had no right to store waste on the plot. One could say that the councillor received applause.

The second act was more interesting and had sensational headlines such as: “MZGK buried people on an ordinary road.” The national media took an interest in the story. Perhaps Fakt or Express, but it certainly made an impression.

During the intermission, Councillor Mucha was removed from the Forum councillors’ group, to which he belonged—a humorous farce before the third act.

A star was brought in for the third act: Piotr Żak, PO’s candidate for president in 2014, a former “city architect” and the current District Building Supervision Inspector.

Piotr Żak appeared as the Great Inspector: he inspected the water-drawing points, an MZGK investment at the municipal cemetery. The play is so uncomplicated that one can quickly guess that the actor engaged by Councillor Mucha identified irregularities. This time, the issue concerns three water collection points that were built on the wrong side of the road from the one where they had been planned. According to the Great Inspector, the matter should be referred to the prosecutor’s office. And it probably will be.

In the final minutes of the play, Mucha delivers a speech condemning Władysław Bakalarz as its head, listing all of the company’s failures in one breath. And this is where things get serious: an illegal waste dump beneath the cemetery, graves on the road, and illegal collection of fees for brick-built graves. At the end of the funeral speech for Bakalarz comes the suggestion that he should leave the position he holds of his own accord.

Is the play interesting to residents? Will it bring us real change?

I cannot see any action taken for the good of the residents, but of course, I am blinded by my love for City Hall. I can nevertheless see that the councillor’s actions may be effective. And the determined Dariusz Mucha now poses a real threat to the president of the municipal company. I am not rooting for anyone; I am observing. And this story is drawing me in more and more.

Grażyna Hanaf