The assistant spokesperson of the PP in the Congress, Isabel Borrego, assures that the transfer of the headquarters to Ferrol "lacks any justification because they are current facilities that are not outdated" • Add that "the alleged transfer of the same to the Galician city it is neither a more modern establishment, nor bigger, nor better situated from the point of view of optimization of budget or material "
"Cartagena should continue to be the headquarters of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Protection (FUPRO)," said the spokeswoman of the PP in the Congress of Deputies, Isabel Borrego, who added that it is an unnecessary expense his transfer to Ferrol and also a loss of 'assets' for the city. The Popular Party has deployed a parliamentary offensive at regional, national and also at municipal level in order to prevent the Ministry of Defense from consuming its intention to transfer the military detachment located in the facilities of La Algameca.
Since the PP has emphasized Borrego, "we request the Government of the Nation to publicly oppose the transfer to Ferrol of the command of the force of Protection of the Navy and that this body remains in its current base of Tentegorra."
In this sense, the spokeswoman attached to the Congress rejects the transfer of the FUPRO from its current location because "it lacks any justification because they are facilities that have not been outdated, on the contrary, nor the transfer of them is to a larger establishment, neither more modern, nor better situated from the point of view of budget or material optimization ".
In addition, Isabel Borrego recalled, "we must not forget that in this Naval Station is located the Tercio de Levante as well as many other facilities associated with the Navy that are based in the city of Cartagena."
The Navy Protection Force (FUPRO) is one of the three components of the Marine Infantry Force, said Borrego, who said that his mission "is to guarantee the safety and protection of all bases, facilities, centers , organisms and people of the Navy ".
The command post of the FUPRO is located in Cartagena, in the Naval Station of La Algameca.
The Command of the Force of Protection is exercised by a General of the Infantry Brigade who in turn has an Auxiliary Command organ, which coordinates the different areas of Physical Security.
From the PP "we request at the regional, national and also at the municipal level, that the current headquarters of the FUPRO continue in the facilities of the Naval Station of La Algameca and discard any plan for its transfer to Ferrol", has completed Borrego.
Source: PP Región de Murcia