According to the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "make a previous list designed by the municipal experts taking into account the needs of each territory, or prevent with a stipulation that a single area can take an excessive percentage of the reserved investment are some Of the things we have missed, and we believe that he would have distributed these funds in a more equitable and fair way. "
The result of the voting on the Participatory Budgets confirms that the local Government never embarked on this trip with the guarantees, the coherence and the prudence that the cartagenera society required.
According to the Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, "to make a previous list designed by the municipal experts taking into account the needs of each territory, or to prevent with a stipulation that a single zone can take an excessive percentage of the reserved investment, are Some of the things we have missed, and we believe that it would have distributed these funds in a more equitable and fair way. "
"In any case, I repeat that, although failed, it has been a pilot experience in which many of our municipal workers have left hours and work and that deserves recognition, and now it is necessary to take good note of the aspects to improve for the next Calls for participation, "said the spokesman for Citizens, Manuel Padín.
Malaise in some of the vowels of Citizens
Some of the vowels of Citizens in the Neighborhood Boards of Cartagena have expressed their displeasure, after knowing the results, by the organization of the whole process of these budgets.
The vocal of La Puebla-La Aparecida, Justo González, regrets that a single euro has not been destined to the deputation of Lentiscar, and considers that "they are being punished".
The vowel of the Neighborhood Council of El Algar, Ángel Sánchez, does not understand "how it is possible that for the Albujón are destined 500,000 euros and for other towns nothing, something fails when only 4,000 people have decided to invest so important."
In La Aljorra, the vocalist of the orange formation, María Isabel Martínez also regrets that nothing has been assigned for her deputation, and believes that this whole process "has been poorly organized, poorly managed from the beginning, and little promoted."
Vocalist Sergio Martínez, from Los Dolores, believes that everything has been "nonsense, I understand that a participatory experience is desirable and positive but with so little promotion, with this low participation, is unfair and arbitrary, investments can not be distributed A free, random and general way, citizens are not qualified technicians to weigh the priority of the needs of all territories.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena