"We were very cautious, consistent, and responsible in our demands for the 2018 budgets, but in return we promised a tough audit of our amendments and be adamant with our projects, five months after the final approval of the accounts, the works for the urban reform of 13 streets of the Historic District and the construction of a free parking in front of the Hospital Santa Lucia, they have stopped or have not started ", said the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, who warns that" at this moment, our Municipal Group is not in a position to start any negotiations with the PSOE for the next municipal budgets ".
Therefore, the orange formation has requested a meeting with the Government of Cartagena to analyze the status of implementation of the agreement imposed to support the accounts of 2018.
Regarding the reform of Calle Beatas, Manuel Padín says he is concerned that the exasperating bureaucracy and the lack of collaboration between the regional PP and local PSOE will hurt the project, "badly we started: paralyzed from Friday, November 23, three weeks apparently lost due to a report that the Directorate General of Cultural Assets has to send, although this department of the Community has recently revealed that it has no record of this process. "
Citizens has tried to contact the Heritage coordinator, Carmen Berrocal, who is the one who manages the reception of the report, "on December 3 we sent you an information request but you have not responded yet", explains Manuel Padín.
As for the parking lot in front of the Santa Lucía Hospital, the orange spokesman fears that the Government of Cartagena will delay the start of works beyond December 31 and the amendment of Cs will not have effects and will become part of the surplus of 2019, "Despite the fact that the contract with the winning company was signed on October 31, the works have not started," said Manuel Padín who sends a message to the PSOE government, "if the works do not start in the coming weeks and Reactive Blessed and perpendicular, Cs considers the agreement unfulfilled and therefore it will be very complicated for us to negotiate another one ".
In the case of parking, as Cs has learned, "we hope to have good news in a matter of days, the plot has been redesigned and the machines could start working this week, but we want confirmation of these extremes ", has assured the spokesman.
Other points of the budgetary pact
Manuel Padín remembers that his party was the first to propose that the investment of the surplus be destined mainly to neighborhoods and councils, "then others joined the car, but we consider this part of the agreement to be fulfilled".
"We have also managed to get the ADLE to promote the 'Cartagena Emprende' program with an agreement with the Association of Young Entrepreneurs," recalls the Cs spokesperson.
The agreement imposed by Cs includes promoting the necessary measures so that the calls to the work posts of the City Council of officials with national authorization will not be deserted again, making the corresponding call as soon as possible, safeguarding in all cases the maximum transparency and impartiality in all phases of the procedure and in respect of all its extremes.
"We are close to this objective and here we do not doubt the commitment of the municipal executive".
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena