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- The spokesman for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padin, said today at a press conference that "it is those who govern those who have to be accountable and comply with what they sign, it is the two parties that govern Cartagena those responsible for understanding each other To lower the price of water, and should not be difficult when they are ruling together. "

- "We are not going to link our support in the final approval of the accounts to the estimation or not of an allegation, the valuation of these claims will be done independently, we will not market or blackmail with this, we do not act through Revenge or coercion, but valuing everything in its time, with rigor and objectivity, "explained the spokesman of Citizens.

The councilors of the Municipal Group of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padin, Ana Rama and Alfredo Nieto have appeared today in the Press Room of the Palace Hall, in a press conference to explain the position of this political formation to the state where today Is the agreement signed by the Government of Cartagena with Citizens to support the municipal budgets of 2017. The spokesperson for the orange formation has begun explaining the reasons why his group included the water reduction in the agreement for budgets, "before That this legislature began, we already had a viable proposal to immediately lower the price of the water bill, it was estimated at just over 7 percent, but with meetings, water tables of all kinds and so on, it has been a year and a half Without this happening, a year and a half in which the cartageneros have not been able to save thousands of euros, the artazgo of the society was palpable and we thought useful and necessary to force the reduction in exchange of our favorable vote to the budgets.

The second point of the agreement requires the proposal of the rebate to be sent to the Regional Advisory Council of Prices accompanied by all the reports that are necessary to ensure their legal viability, including those of the Infrastructure, economic, advisory service Legal and Intervention;

If any of these reports were unfavorable, the municipal government has undertaken to study again by the same municipal technicians the proposal of the concessionaire.

"This condition at no time prevented the Government from continuing with its work on Hidrogea's control and control," said the spokesperson for Citizens, who revealed that the first draft of the agreement contained a period of three months for the local Government to forward the Discount to the Regional Price Advisory Council, "but it was modified by the Executive itself reducing it to a period of 30 days, it was them, not us."

The orange formation spokesman, Manuel Padín, recalled that the pact was signed by the spokespersons of the municipal groups that make up the local Executive, PSOE and MC, and that the reason why it was delayed until the same day of plenary where Municipal accounts were approved, it was because "we were not prepared to go ahead without the signing of the mayor of Cartagena, José López, and the deputy mayor Ana Belén Castejón."

"In the text, Citizens pledged to support the municipal budgets of 2017 in exchange for the inclusion of eight amendments that in total represent more than one million euros in strategic investments for the municipality, and the commitment to lower the price of water to As soon as possible, "said Manuel Padín, adding that" that was the commitment and it is a fait accompli, the budgets have been approved with our amendments and now it is the Government of Cartagena that has to fulfill its part, And to send the proposal of reduction, otherwise it will have to give the pertinent explanations, it is those who govern those who have to be accountable and fulfill their word, it is the two parties that govern Cartagena those responsible for understanding each other to lower the price of Water, and should not be difficult when they are governing together. "

Padín has assured that he is being informed of the facts related to the reduction of the price of water directly by the Councilor of Finance, Isabel García, and that after his last conversations "it was clear to me that the reports were being developed, that they were going to be favorable, I know from the municipal auditor that his report does not see any problem, and I know that the mayor has a lot of interest in lowering the price of water, so I do not know, I do not understand what is happening so that a Governing Board can not be convened as soon as possible To take the matter, we are not government, if we were the receipt of the water would have gone down a long time and we would be controlling every cent that the concessionaire handles, but we are not.

In any case, the Mayor of Ciudadanos expects it to happen soon, "nobody says that it is not being done, except by an opposition group, that it should make a conscientious examination and stop seeing the straw in the other's eye, and start See the beam in his ".

The spokesman is confident that both the mayor of Cartagena and the deputy mayor will comply with his word and make a proposal for a reduction in the price of water with all the guarantees as soon as possible. "" According to our calculations, if we consider that the review should Having been sent to the Community by 24 February at the latest, and taking into account a prudent period of deliberation in the Price Council, we have lost 17 days without the new prices, and therefore, the Carthaginians have stopped saving 119,000 Euros for this incomprehensible delay, "said Padín.

To questions of the journalists on what will Citizens do if the City does not reduce the water, Manuel Padín has wanted to make clear that "in no way we will link our vote in the final approval of the accounts to the estimation or not of an allegations, The valuation of these claims will be made independently, we will not market or blackmail with this, we do not act through revenge or coercion, but valuing everything in its time, with rigor and objectivity, and therefore we have recently asked the manager of the Board of Directors of the Sociedad Casco Antiguo, Antonio García, who urges the mayor to convene the Council to address the issues relating to two allegations related to the plots of El Molinete.

Padín also explained, at the request of journalists, that his Municipal Group has not established any position regarding the predictable release in the Mayor's Office of Cartagena, "Citizens has not taken any stand, we will weigh the decision when the time comes, and we will do what That is better for citizens, without thinking about the chairs, and we will do the most coherent, when the time will come we will have to take stock of our economic status, municipal management, health status of governance, listening to citizens, But what is clear is that it is more difficult to get along with a government that does not keep its word, the movement is shown walking and we have clear what to do with those we can not trust.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena