The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, said today that the problem of coexistence problem that has arisen from the practice of prostitution in the Town of Cartagena and a community religious leader mulsulmana, asylum is a fact that is limited to just two blocks and noted that for some time, several councilors are trying, to fix from the social point of view, urging the Government Office to give answers that are necessary from the standpoint of public safety.
Pilar Barreiro, explained that this problem long ago that exists in these two streets and since then the council Public Safety, Javier Herrero, Social Care, Antonio Calderon, Decentralization, Nicholas Angel Bernal, Planning, Joaquín Mowing and Culture and Women, Maria Rosario Montero, are working together for these two streets have all the necessary services to avoid marginalization.
Barreiro pointed out that the issue of street safety is a responsibility of the Government Commission and has informed that I will do three weeks since he sued Rafael González Tovar, Government Delegate, a Safety Board to try to coordinate municipal services, the police service and the State Security Forces.
Therefore, the mayor stressed there is no issue of controversy or social danger: the fact is that prostitution is not illegal activity and the problem occurs when in a crisis there is prostitution and exercised on many occasions in the street .
He also claims that no matter the religion they have one, but it is a matter that intimidates citizens, residents and students in the area.
The mayor has repeatedly told the media that this situation occurs in two very specific streets and very localized part of the hull, and not be transmitted to the public that the historic city of Cartagena has a security problem, because reality is not so.
The council has worked hard to improve the tourism image of the city, and these events generate generaizar serious damage to that image.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena