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- "If what they want is to intimidate us so that we do not continue doing our work of control and control they will not get it, on the contrary, we will redouble our efforts to know what is happening in CATAD, and what is being done with the 300,000 Euros per year of all Cartagena, "said the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padin.

The Citizens spokesman says that his group is not going to enter into legal wars, "it is not our style, we are only interested in continuing to work for Cartagena, among other things, in its infrastructure, in the adequacy of our public spaces, Once the price of water, to make ZAL a reality, to generate employment, to help entrepreneurs, to achieve the declaration of a World Heritage Site, to improve pedestrian access to Santa Lucía Hospital, the quality of care Of our health, and yes, also in the best public service for animal welfare, it bothered whoever bothered. "

Citizen spokesman Cartagena Padad, today has made a balance of the work of his Municipal Group for animal welfare in Cartagena, "it was our Municipal Group that led to one of the first municipal Plenary the proposal to create a commission to investigate the Management that takes place in the Center of Reception for Domestic Animals, a public service for which we pay all the citizens 300,000 euros per year, after innumerable complaints and complaints from animal protection associations and individuals. "It is our obligation to control and supervise That is working in conditions, "said Manuel Padín.

Regarding the Commission of Inquiry launched by the City of Cartagena, the local Citizens' spokesman has again denounced that after almost a year since we asked for the basic management documentation of this center to be able to initiate the investigations, the company Awarded the contract has not yet delivered: the list of complaints that had been submitted to the City Council on the CATAD (incomplete), list of invoices of expenditure and income related to animal feed, health material, number of notices in the last four The number of animals cremated, or the reports prepared by the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) and the Regional Agricultural Office (OCA) in their inspections during the Last four years.

The Citizens' spokesperson also recalled that it was his training that the Animal Welfare Board proposed to promote awareness raising policies to ensure responsible adoptions of domestic animals, prevent the abandonment of pets, monitor compliance with the Protection and Tenure Act Animals;

In addition to advising to modify, if necessary, the ordinances and municipal licenses related to this area. "Padín also emphasized that" through an amendment to the budgets, Citizens has managed to condition the cheniles and the outer esplanade of CATAD ".

On the other hand, the Citizens spokesperson in Cartagena has reviewed the immense work being done by Councilwoman Ana Rama in the design of the new draft Animal Protection Act of the Region of Murcia.

Since March, working groups of the parliamentary groups of PSOE, CTSSP and Citizens are working to develop a new project and are seeking input from various animal and veterinary groups.

According to Manuel Padín, "this is the only possible way, the way of dialogue and consensus", so, says the spokesman, they met shortly after arriving at the Consistory with the manager of CATAD, "a meeting where we were treated with much Lack of education, since the manager refused to shake hands and addressed the Council of Citizens, Ana Rama, under these conditions is difficult to maintain a constructive meeting, and despite that, and after talking with the area councilor delegate, Francisco Calderón, we came a second time and this yes, we were able to confront our positions, and to transfer our doubts and concerns regarding the management of the center. "

Regarding the complaint that a local newspaper reports today, the spokesperson for Citizens of Cartagena, said that "we made the appropriate statements at a press conference in August 2016 on the occasion of another complaint by the manager of CATAD and I say again "We do not understand why some want to torpedo this work we are doing for the animal welfare of this city with more complaints against Ana Rama for her performance when she was president of an animal defense association, (almost two years ago) now her work For the welfare of animals does it from the Town Hall, in the municipal spaces that we have promoted, in the Commission of Inquiry and in the Animal Welfare Bureau, without belonging to any platform against CATAD. "" I do not know if it is something Personal, or that bother that this Municipal Group is inspecting the work of this service that pay all the cartageneros with almost 300,000 euros annually ", said Padín." If what they want is to intimidate us so we do not continue doing our work of control and control They will not get it, on the contrary, we will redouble our efforts to know what is happening in CATAD, and what is being done with the 300,000 euros a year of all Cartagena, "warned Padín.

The leader of Citizens in Cartagena states that she "fully believes in justice, it is normal that the work of a councilor as committed to animal welfare as our partner may annoy or worry certain people, we will continue to work with the same impetus for To clarify the management and the destination of each Euro that the cartageneros put in the Center of Reception and Treatment of Domestic Animals ".

"We are not going to enter into legal wars, it is not our style, that we leave to other formations that spend their lives in the courts, Citizens are only interested in continuing to work for Cartagena, among other things, in their infrastructures, in the Adaptation of our public spaces, to lower the price of water once, to make the Logistic Activities Zone a reality, to generate employment, to help entrepreneurs, to achieve the declaration of World Heritage, in To improve pedestrian access to the Hospital Santa Lucía, in the quality of care of our health, and yes, also in the best public service for animal welfare, annoy anyone who bother, "said the spokesman.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena