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The plenary session of the municipal corporation has opened the ordinary session held on Thursday, February 27 with an institutional declaration signed by all the groups joining the celebration of World Rare Disease Day, which takes place on February 29, and will support the actions and objectives that the aforementioned organizations promote in their campaign to make a global appeal within the framework of the world commemoration, under the slogan “Grow with you, our hope�.

Next, the plenary gave the green light to two joint motions.

The first one, signed by United We Can IU Verdes Equo, MC, Citizens, PP and the councilors Ana Belén Castejón, Juan Pedro Torralba, David Martínez, Irene Ruiz, Alejandra Gutiérrez and Mercedes García, on March 8, Day of the Woman.

In this motion, presented with the Councilor for Equality, David Martínez, all Local Entities are invited to adhere to this Declaration and we join all the voices that cry out for a future without gender discrimination, we reaffirm our commitment to citizens and their needs, we assume the importance of promoting training and social awareness actions, we reaffirm our commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Objective 5, related to Gender Equality, and recognize the collective victims of Multiple discrimination establishes the need to intensify efforts in the development of policies aimed at promoting employment and entrepreneurship, education for equal opportunities, the incorporation of women into the information society and support for women living in rural areas and we demand the need to provide the Local Entities with the

Necessary to carry out the competences established in the State Pact in the area of ​​Gender Violence to guarantee the promotion of actions that contribute to coexistence, progress and sustainable social and economic development.

After the presentation and approval of the urgency, the initiative has been approved with the votes in favor of the groups that signed it and against the Vox municipal group.

Another hot topic, the Mar Menor, starred in the last joint motion presented, which was signed by MC Cartagena, Citizens, PP, Vox and councilors Ana Belén Castejón, Juan Pedro Torralba, David Martínez, Irene Ruiz, Alejandra Gutiérrez and Mercedes García, and presented by the mayor of Infrastructure, María Casajús.

Approved with the votes in favor of the subscribers and with the abstention of United We Can IU Verdes Equo, in motion the Cartagena City Council undertakes to urge the Government of Spain to immediately start up the pumping plant located at the mouth of the watercourse of El Albujón and that perform as many operations as are necessary to lower the water table and stop the spillage of fresh water with nitrates in the Mar Menor, in addition to also urging it to remove the dry land and mud near the beaches of the Mar Menor immediately, with the least impact on the natural environment, to prevent worsening bathroom quality.

In memory of the victims of the Holocaust

Then it was the turn of the motions of control presented by the political groups, starting with the one presented by Vox, specifically by its spokesman, Gonzalo Abad, urging the Municipal Government on the occasion of January 27 “European Holocaust Memorial Day "And the" International Day of Holocaust Remembrance and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity "to remind all people who suffered persecution in Nazi concentration and extermination camps;

especially the Jewish community, Catholics, political dissidents, people of gypsy ethnicity and homosexuals subject to persecution and death.

The motion has been approved with the votes in favor of MC Cartagena, Vox, Citizens, PP and councilors Ana Belén Castejón, Juan Pedro Torralba, David Martínez, Irene Ruiz, Alejandra Gutiérrez and Mercedes García, and against United We Can IU Equo , whose spokesman, Pilar Marcos, explained his vote alleging that he missed the memory of the Spanish Republicans who also fought against the Nazis.

Improvements in San Fernando Street

Another motion of Vox approved, in this case unanimously, is the one that requests the adoption by the municipal government of urgent measures to improve the situation in San Fernando Street.

All the groups have agreed that it is necessary to solve the problems of dirt, lack of light and abandoned solar that presents a route from the city center that was once a commercial reference.

The Naval Hospital as a nursing home

The plenary has given the green light to the motion of United We Can IU Green Equo for the Cartagena City Council to begin the negotiations with the CARM and before the Ministry of Defense to study the feasibility of the transfer of the Naval Hospital as a Day Center, Residence and Geriatric Clinic of public management, requesting the corresponding technical reports of the building as well as its facilities.

According to the mayor of Social Services, Mercedes García, this is an idea shared by the government team, which is aware of the deficit of places for the elderly in Cartagena.

The initiative has been approved with the votes in favor of PP, Citizens, United We Can IU Verdes Equo and the councilors Ana Belén Castejón, Juan Pedro Torralba, David Martínez, Irene Ruiz, Alejandra Gutiérrez and Mercedes García, and against Vox, whose spokesperson has pointed out that the disagreement is with the public management model.

Solution to leaks in the surroundings of the Old Cathedral

A motion of the Vox municipal group put on the table the problem of leaks that affect the surroundings of the Old Cathedral, which has finally been approved unanimously.

It includes, among other things, that the municipal government immediately proceed to request an authorization from the General Directorate of Cultural Property of the Autonomous Community to undertake the adequacy of the rainwater collection system and thus avoid damages that are being caused to individuals and to the archaeological heritage.

In addition, if you are on time, the contractor is claimed and that, if you can not, proceed by the City to correct the deficiencies and debug responsibilities.

In her response, the Councilor for General Services, Alejandra Gutiérrez, said that although municipal technicians did not detect anomalies after making an inspection in the area, according to a report by the Hidrogea concessionary company, the stormwater network is insufficient and should be replaced for another of greater capacity, although this is not the only reason for the leaks, hence the subject will continue to be studied to find out the causes.

Conservation of the Castillete of the Santelvas Observation mine

At the proposal of the MC municipal group in the form of a motion, the plenary has agreed to urge the municipal government to immediately notify the competent General Directorate of the situation of the Santelvas Observation mine, located in the southernmost foothills of the Cabezo de las Colmenas, in front of the municipal dump, which suffered at the end of January the collapse of the wooden castle, the two pulleys and their metal reinforcements.

The initiative, unanimously approved, also includes requiring the adoption of necessary measures for its defense and conservation.

Tribute to Juan Fernández

The local government will initiate the pertinent steps to include the placement of a statue of the sailor and discoverer from Cartagena, Juan Fernández, in the gallery of illustrious sailors, as well as a tribute act to publicize his role in the history of Spain, as stated in the motion of MC Cartagena that has been approved unanimously.

The captain and pilot of the 16th century are credited with deeds such as the opening of new navigation routes, the discovery of New Zealand and the archipelago that bears his name today.

Modernization of the measuring stations and air quality control

The turn of motions came to an end, well into the afternoon, with the unanimous approval of the motion presented by the spokeswoman for United We Can IU Verdes Equo, Pilar Marcos, on Metering Stations and air quality in Cartagena.

It establishes that the Plenary Session of the City Council of Cartagena urges CARM to urgently launch a Program for the Modernization and Renovation of the Atmospheric Surveillance Network in the municipality of Cartagena, in which it develops a staggered purchase plan and replacement of fixed station analyzers, highlighting the installation of PM2.5 microparticle meters in each of these stations.

In addition, that the Network Modernization and Renovation Program contemplates the installation of new measuring stations in the Llano del Beal, in the Hondón-Torreciega sector and in the Port of Cartagena, in coordination with the Port Authority, proceeding to the relocation of the current stations of La Aljorra and Mompeán.

The initiative adds the implementation, by the local government, of its own environmental information website, in which citizens are informed in real time of the air quality values ​​of the municipality, in addition to informing about the activation of the Anti-pollution framework protocol and the measures that are applied to minimize damage to the health of neighbors.

And finally, that the Air Quality Board is reactivated, consisting of all the agents involved, Local and Regional Administrations, neighbors, environmental and specialized groups, experts, companies and political groups, and that said table begin its activity with the study of the current situation of the measuring stations of the municipality.

With respect to this last point, the Councilor for the Environment, Cristina Mora, announced that an Infrastructure and Environment Commission will be convened, which in its powers is above the Air Quality Board.

Condolences for the death of the Eagle Patrol commander

The full of the Corporation, which has returned to be marathon, with two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with almost twelve hours, has ended by signaling the mayor's confirmation of the death of the commander of the Patrol Águila, Eduardo Garvalena Crespo, after crashing his instructional plane early this afternoon in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of La Manga, in the municipality of San Javier.

The mayor has shown on behalf of the Corporation her feelings of solidarity and condolences to the relatives of the victim and her companions of the General Air Academy, offering help in everything that is necessary in these difficult moments.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena