The spokesperson for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, said that "until recently it was unthinkable that such an initiative would have the potential to move forward in Cartagena, but now that the absolute majorities have disappeared we have the opportunity to create new control"
The Ordinary Plenum of the City Council of Cartagena has today approved a motion of Citizens a motion for the local Government to initiate the necessary procedures to establish annually a debate on the state of the municipality.
The initiative has been approved with votes in favor of PSOE, Citizens Movement, CTSSP-We and Citizens, and has counted on the votes against the Popular Party.
Citizens Cartagena does not know that there has ever been a debate of this kind in Cartagena, "what we want is that from this legislature establishes the obligation to perform one, whoever is in the local government, and has the majority That has. ", Assured Manuel Padín.
"Until recently, it was unthinkable that such an initiative would have the potential to get ahead in Cartagena, but now that the absolute majorities have disappeared, we have the opportunity to create new instruments of control," Padín says.
The orange formation understands that a municipality with more than 217,000 inhabitants and with such a complex administrative organization, should have an effective instrument of control and analysis of the actions that are developed in each legislature, not only to communicate to the citizenship the state of Execution of the projects of the local Government, but to make a complete radiograph of where and under what conditions Cartagena is at a certain time of the year.
From the formation orange consider that the most appropriate tool for this would be the annual celebration of a full monographic to discuss the state of the municipality.
The Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, thanked the support of the municipal groups, "with this debate the municipal government will have the opportunity to be accountable for its annual management and to report, on the one hand, those strategic actions fulfilled, And on the other hand, of those matters that could not be settled within the time-limits stipulated. "
In addition, for the local spokesman "the opposition groups could transfer to the citizens the deficiencies detected in the functioning of the Executive."
Other Citizen Initiatives in the Municipal Plenary
The mayor of Ciudadanos, Ana Rama, has criticized the state of abandonment of the perimeter that keeps the deposit of the First Wall of Felipe V or Wall of 1721, "is in a pitiful situation, and it hurts more because that place constitutes the entrance to the Old Town by the Plaza de López Pinto ".
The response of the local government has surprised the council, because despite having the images of this area, they consider that this temporary protection is worthy of a city like Cartagena.
Ana Rama has also asked several questions related to the Animal Welfare Bureau and the recent animal sterilization campaign in Cartagena.
Ana Rama has denounced the delay in the convening of the Animal Welfare Bureau and criticized the lack of transparency of the campaign, both in its call (without consulting the animal defense associations) and in the criteria used to allocate the bonus Sterilization discount (which does not include any criteria linking income support to families and people with less economic resources).
Citizens Cartagena has asked the Executive to take appropriate measures to fix and decorate the murals of tiles in the avenue Trovero Marín.
The orange formation considers that this avenue is in an emblematic place of Cartagena, since it connects the square of Bastarreche with the Cuesta del Batel and supposes the traditional entrance to the castizo neighborhood of Santa Lucía.
Some of the tiles have disappeared and others are cracked.
The mayor of Cartagena, José López, has informed that the municipal technicians are studying this matter, and that they will communicate as soon as they can their conclusions and their plans of action.
Citizens' spokesman, Manuel Padín, has taken to the town hall today the traffic collapses in the street Sierra de la Peña in El Albujón.
Manuel Padín, considers that "after more than a year, I think there has been enough time to do something to alleviate this situation, in any case, the collapses in this street in the hours of entry and exit of the school are still generated without anyone having Moved finger to fix it ".
Security Councilor Francisco Aznar has admitted that he has been demanding a solution from neighbors and citizens for more than a year, and has pledged to solve it as soon as possible.
Citizens Cartagena has also defended in the Plenary a request for the City of Cartagena to take the necessary steps for the annual celebration of a Children's Plenary.
According to the councilor, Ana Rama, says that it is "a precious initiative, which I myself could enjoy in my childhood when they took us from the Roche college to visit the Regional Assembly."
The mayor of Cartagena has collected the request.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena