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| The Cartagena City Council celebrates a new blended and marathon plenary session morning and afternoon | The councilmen of the Cartagena City Council have again held a new marathon session of about eight hours in duration, in morning and afternoon sessions, in which the unanimity of the Corporation with respect to motions regarding the situation of the justice in Cartagena, the restoration of the castle of Los Moros, the creation of inclusive pedestrian crossings and the transportation of students from the Instituto de El Bohío.The meeting, chaired by the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, was attended by 10 of the 27 councilors at the Consistorial Palace; the rest have followed the evolution of the plenary session via videoconference and the initiatives have been voted on electronically.At the beginning, the mayor invited to observe a minute of silence, as a sign of respect and support for the deceased and those suffering from the coronavirus, and reported on the decree confirming the monitoring of the official mourning established by the Autonomous Community since April 3 and announced the celebration of a tribute to victims and professionals once the situation has been overcome.In the section on motions, the Corporation has unanimously approved a motion presented by MC Cartagena to demand from the Ministry of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice the material means and infrastructures claimed by Cartagena professionals and that the Justice Table be convened to deal with the status of priority issues, such as the location of the new judicial units and the status of the City of Justice project and achieve a common position against the provincial courts.On the part of the Government, the councilor Alejandra Gutiérrez has reported the situation of the efforts that have been made in this regard, especially with the Ministries of Justice and Defense, but which were interrupted by the coronavirus crisis and will resume in brief. Likewise, another motion by Mc Cartagena has been unanimously approved, urging the creation of a protection environment for the Castillo de Los Moros and for the works and conservation required by the monument to avoid its collapse.In this regard, the municipal government, through the councilor Alejandra Gutiérrez has explained that since last November there have been meetings with professionals and scholars to undertake these actions, there is a project that includes conducting geotechnical surveys and replacement and reconstruction work.
of volumes and reinforcement of the weakest areas of the fortification.
A photometric study, archaeological surveys and a reforestation of part of the hill with native species are also planned.It also garnered the unanimous support of the municipal groups of the plenary session for the VOX motion, requesting information and protection measures in the homes of the elderly and people with disabilities against the coronavirus.
Among the measures is urging the Ministry of Health to urgently establish an Inspection and Sanitation Plan for all nursing homes, whatever their ownership (public or private), periodically repeating the tests for the coronavirus and requiring it the immediate delivery of protection material to restrooms and assistants in nursing homes, as well as to resident staff.Vox has also reaped the unanimity of the other groups in its initiative on inclusive pedestrian crossings and accessibility improvements, for which it demanded that the municipal technical services carry out a preliminary study and subsequent report, where the degree of compliance in the steps is contemplated pedestrians to adapt to people with disabilities to make them inclusive, with the pictograms that have a drawing and nomenclature "STOP, LOOK, CAR STOPPED AND CROSS", as well as acoustic signals in traffic light crossings.On the part of the Government, the councilor Alejandra Gutiérrez has indicated that since January 2020 these studies are being carried out and the placement of pictograms in pedestrian crossings is planned.The last of the motions approved unanimously was the one formulated by Unidas Podemos-Izquierda Unida-Equo on the school transportation service of the El Bohío Institute.
The motion urges the Ministry of Education and the Governing Council of the Region of Murcia to reconsider the decision taken on the suppression of the school transport service that affects new students from the Hispanic-American neighborhood enrolled in the IES El Bohío, so that the service remains in force as it was being guaranteed until nowOther motions approved by the plenary, already with disparity of votes, have been, for example, the one presented by United We Can Left United-Green Equo, so that "with all the urgency and firmness that the health situation needs", the Government of the CARM in compliance with Law 3/2016, of March 21, for the full operation of the Santa María del Rosell Hospital as a general hospital.
The vote had the sole abstention of the VOX councilors and the support of the rest of the plenary councilors.Another initiative of United We Can Left United Equo has also been approved, with the only vote against the councilors of Vox, so that the municipal government, coinciding with the state of alarm, reduced traffic levels establishing a Map of Zones as soon as possible.
of Low Emissions, will promote the use of bicycles and travel on foot, and prepare and implement a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS) for Cartagena.Also with the sole abstention of VOX, another motion by United We Can Left United Equo has been approved to formally urge the CARM to urgently process the ERTE, since the economy of thousands of residents of this municipality depends on them.Finally, with the votes in favor of MC and Unidas Podemos; and the abstentions of the councilors of the Government and of Vox, a motion of the purple formation on betting houses and gaming halls has been approved, in which the Government Council of the Region of Murcia and the Government of Spain are urged to increase the restriction with respect to the advertising of gaming business in the media, reinforce its police control and adopt the necessary political and legislative measures to consider Gambling in the whole of the Autonomous Plan on Drugs.
The motion includes a wide battery of actions, among which are restrictions for the installation and opening of this type of business.Finally and among other issues, it is worth noting the withdrawal of a motion by Mc Cartagena for the City Council to pay for the installation of coronavirus protection partitions in taxis, after the mayor assured that the consistory was going to take charge of that action.The debate on the motions ended at three thirty in the afternoon, after five and a half hours; The session was resumed at half past four to address the rest of the initiatives, consisting of thirty questions and four requests.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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