- "It is frustrating to imagine everything we would have advanced if Mayor Castejón had listened to the continuous request of Cs and opened this debate before we could have taken advantage of the contributions of all the political groups and we would have a resolution, but it could not be , now the important thing is to put aside the lost years and not remember that there was a government composed of two parties, "said the spokesman for Citizens, Manuel Padin
After the Board of extraordinary spokespersons of the City where the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, has reported the development of the Board of Directors of the Cartagena High Speed ​​Society that last Monday decided with the vote against the municipal representatives that the arrival of the AVE was produced on the surface and through the grounds of El Hondón, the municipal spokesman for Citizens, Manuel Padin, said that "this meeting is a year late, it is frustrating to imagine everything we would have advanced if the mayor had done to the continuous requirements of Cs and had opened this debate before, could have taken advantage of the contributions of all political groups and we would have a resolution, but it could not be, now the important thing is to put aside the lost years and not remember that there was a government composed of two parties, "said Citizen spokesman Manuel Padín.
Citizens has supported the meeting with municipal technicians and neighbors that has been called for next Friday but "it is amazing that this meeting was organized in May 2018 and after a Cartagena High Speed ​​Agreement and not in May 2017; We have lost it has been brutal, and I hope we will not be late to reach an agreement with the Ministry and Adif. "
Manuel Padín has expressed his desire for a large municipal pact to emerge from that meeting, "I have asked that this issue not be politicized and that this issue be more electoral, we have to form a common front to be able to reach the Board of Directors with force; those who have to guide our political decisions and arrive at a consensus so that the arrival of the AVE conjugates the multiple variables and constraints that are at stake, time, the environmental factor, the suppression of level crossings, economic viability or the future expansion of the city "
The orange spokesman affirms that the position of Citizens is clear, "we consider it unfeasible and counterproductive for the Cartagena High Speed ​​Society to make a decision without first seeking an agreement with the City Council and with the broadest possible neighborhood consensus, and that is why we have proposed that challenge the agreement to the risk of a social conflict in this municipality. "
Manuel Padín regretted the time lost and the difficulties that some have generated to be able to technically study each and every one of the proposals, "the PSOE has not facilitated until today the technical summary of Adif's proposals but not the full study, and as for the neighborhood proposal, we find it interesting, but until we have all the details, in a report on its technical and economic viability we can not obviously bet on this path in a definitive way ".
For Manuel Padín, "if today the arrival of the AVE is not clear is because since 2015, the Cartagena have suffered the consequences of a weak government in which the political machination has prevailed over public service, I hope everyone has taken note."
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena