Mirror: "Although we had the right to access the information after 5 days, this group has been asking for these files every week. But after two months, we can not tolerate the lack of transparency of the Government and that is why today we We have presented at the City Hall. "
The People's Group has denounced this morning before the Ombudsman the information bulletin that the Lopez and Castejón Government has submitted to the opposition councilors "since the beginning of the legislature, the government obstructs the councilors to access The reports and files that we are entitled in the exercise of our work of opposition, as recognized by the Spanish Constitution itself which establishes the fundamental right to information by citizens through the representatives legitimately elected, "said Francisco Espejo, spokesperson for the Popular Group.
The Popular Group has appeared this morning in General Secretary of the City to record the government's refusal to access 10 files requested by this group.
However, "today we have been denied access again without any report that proves that we can not see it, it is not prevented access to councilors in private, it prevents the right to more than 26,000 Carthaginians who voted for the Popular Party ".
Both the Organization and Functions Regulation (ROF) and the Regulations of the Plenary oblige the mayor to respond to councilors within five days.
According to Article 9 of the Rules of Procedure of the Plenary, paragraph 2 states: "The request for access to information shall be understood as granted by administrative silence in the event that the Mayor does not issue a resolution or a denial agreement within five calendar days, counting from From the date of application ".
For months, the Popular Party has repeated every week the request for access to the files, but the Government has not responded.
"Although we had the right to access the information after 5 days, this Group has asked for a view of these files every week. But after two months, we can not tolerate the lack of transparency of the Government and that is why today we have presented ourselves in the city Hall".
Mirror has indicated that the oldest file is dated August 25, and corresponds to works done at José López's house, "The Government prevents us from accessing this file because they say they are still open, however, we must remember that the File of the works of my house was open and Lopez and the opposition councilors who were part of the Corporation did not see what they considered opportune since there was nothing to hide.
Among the files that the Popular Group has requested are the works of regulation of the illegal pool of councilman Francisco Aznar, the files of the works of the health center of San Antón or on Detailed report on the responsible and departments that are decreed Certain procedures.
The Popular Group studies legal actions in the face of repeated obstacles to the work of the opposition and the breaches of the obligation of transparency that has been exercised by the López government.
The Government is in a hurry to respond to files requested two months ago.
The Government has been in a hurry and, at noon, has sent to the dependencies of the group response to the dozen requested files.
"The Department of Transparency has sent us a letter where the only thing we have been informed is that the files are in process and that they will give us access, and the government has made an attempt to save its image."
For Espejo, "this was the case when the Popular Party made its first complaint to the Ombudsman. The Government prevented us from receiving information on more than a dozen cases for more than half a year and only began to send us replies when the First intervention of the Ombudsman
Source: PP Cartagena