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The Government of Cartagena has convened, after the request of Citizens, a meeting on May 2, so that the technical managers and the Councilor for the Environment offer all the information to the situation in the Rambla de Escombreras after the discharge of hydrocarbons of Repsol and the actions taken by the City of Cartagena in relation to the serious incident last Saturday.

The meeting will take place at 10:00 am in the Meeting Room of the San Miguel Building

"It is a step in the right direction, but insufficient, we call on the Socialist Executive to mobilize all its resources so that representatives of the company, the environmental groups, and the Ministry of the Environment may attend this meeting", said today spokesman of the liberal party that maintains that "there are many shadows to clear;

for example, the possible concealment and underestimation of the facts during the first days by the company and the public administrations involved, as MC and ANSE have publicly denounced. "

In addition, Ciudadanos wants to know exactly how and why the torrential rains generated the overflow of the rainwater collection basin of the refinery and what measures are going to be adopted so that an event like this, which already occurred at the end of 2015, does not can be repeated in adverse weather scenarios, and the actual extent of the condition in the ravine of El Charco, "while ANSE talks about 1.5 kilometers, the City Council reduces it to only 500 meters," says Padin who regrets that Cartagena once again suffered not only a new episode of contamination by fuel leakage but also the lack of coordination and failures of established communication protocols. "

Regarding the judicial consequences of what happened, Ciudadanos understands that all the relevant processes have been launched and trusts that the appropriate responsibilities will be purged;

In spite of everything, "we will ask why after the 2015 event the necessary measures were not taken, which would have prevented the new environmental aggression last weekend."

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena