The motion asking that the mayor can stop forcing councilors to attend an ounce of gold and Friday procession "is an attempt to question the Easter inventing an imposition that does not exist," said the popular spokesman, Francisco Espejo.
"We are determined to end any tradition of Catholic origin in Spain and Cartagena would not be less."
The law clearly states the obligations of the council and among them is not going to events organized by other institutions, whether the character is.
"It is significant that of all the invitations that takes the mayor to the council, the one that bothers We are the acts that organize the Charity Hospital and Marraja brotherhood," added Mirror
The spokesman recalled that it has been common the absence of councilors in the two acts "has always been done normally, and no one has been reprimanded for not attending. But there are those who are not Catholic devotees and attend because they believe it is good to support the traditions Cartagena. You only need to be tolerant and be committed to the traditions ".
Francisco Espejo pointed out that the two acts that assists the Corporation are part of centuries-old traditions "are a cultural treasure worth keeping and should not jeopardize the intolerance of anyone."
"We can show that they do not know the country in which they live or, worse, a country that does not exist to leave as champions of freedoms that we have invented. Democracy can not begin with" recalled the popular spokesman.
Source: PP Cartagena