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The orange formation spokesman, Manuel Padín, does not know how the two parties that govern Cartagena are going to explain to their voters their inaction, that they have disregarded the matter since the opening of the acquisition process, "there does not appear to be any There have been contacts with the Ministry, nor do they seem to have proposed an offer with the consequent multiannual investment plan for the rehabilitation and adaptation of the building, something that would have been possible and was not wanted to do. "
Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, recalled today that it was the Municipal Group of Citizens the first political formation that worried about the future of the prison of San Antón in the last months, and this materialized in the Plenum of the 30 Of December through a question made by the mayor of Ciudadanos, Ana Rama, before knowing the offer that has been released a few days ago.
Specifically, Rama inquired about the status of the efforts of the City of Cartagena with the Society of Infrastructures and Penitentiary Equipment (SIEP), under the Ministry of Interior, for the possible assignment or acquisition of the property, if any decision had already been taken Definitive on the part of this municipal government to give a specific future to the old provincial prison, and on account of which accounts would be made the necessary reform of this construction.
The person in charge of answering the question was the delegated councilor of the Culture area, David Martínez, who assured that the two groups that form the Government of Cartagena 'are very interested in the recovery of the prison of San Antón so that it becomes a center Cultural (...) we discover that for its recovery a considerable budget is needed.
We do not know if it will be voted in the participatory budgets, but it is not only to acquire it, but we must take into account that for its adequacy and the necessary works will require a bigger budget.
David Martinez even calculated an estimated price of the whole operation, 'around a million euros'.
And after asking the rest of political formations to acquire the prison facilities, he said: We will not stop until we get it and we will continue to take the necessary steps ... we will try to award a game, although it is a lot of money "
According to the local Citizens spokesperson.
"In spite of this response, the Government of Cartagena has not moved a finger to bid for the acquisition of this property for the enjoyment and satisfaction of the needs of that neighborhood since it could have been a strategic enabler to stop the degradation of This area of ​​Cartagena, its inaction has allowed that the only offer that has been presented was a private one. "
On the other hand, before the Municipal Group of Citizens formulated the question in the Plenary, in early December, Manuel Padin met with the Finance Councilor, Isabel Garcia, and she asserted during that meeting that an attempt was being made to apply Some system of barter so that the City council made itself with the jail ".
"It is absolutely disheartening that something that was found as one of the main promises of the electoral programs of MC and PSOE, and despite the manifesto expressed by the Treasury, and the Socialist councilor's response in Plenary, the City Council has not Tried to acquire it, has ignored this possibility during all the time we have been in the legislature, almost two years, "said the spokesman for the orange formation.
Manuel Padin does not know how these two parties that govern Cartagena are going to explain to their voters their inaction, that they have disregarded the acquisition process, "there does not seem to have been any contact with the Ministry, nor does it appear that an offer has been proposed with the Multiannual investment plan for the rehabilitation and adaptation of the property, something that would have been possible and was not wanted to do, have preferred to do other things.
The Citizens' spokesman has also made reference to the increasingly degraded communication between the parties that make up the local government, "while socialist councilor David Martinez estimated that it was a million euros the money that required the operation to acquire and To enable the former prison, today the mayor of Cartagena has said that only the work of adaptation would cost about four million euros. "
Manuel Padin has also reported that "today the bids were opened, and if it is true that we are at a point of no return to buy the old prison, all efforts must now be directed to agree with the contractors wide spaces For the public and social use of the facilities ".
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena
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