- "We would support the investiture of Ana Belén Castejón if they accept an alternative investiture agreement with proposals that can be paid, with measures for regeneration and against corruption, and projects of employability and wealth generation that Cartagena needs, as well as a Strategic plan for tourism for the next years ".
The Municipal Citizens Group has met this afternoon with representatives of the Municipal Socialist Group on the occasion of the impending relief in the Mayor of Cartagena.
The meeting had as objective to know the position of both political formations before the probable investiture of Ana Belén Castejón during this month of June.
Citizens has today transferred to the Socialist Municipal Group that if you want the support of the orange training in the investiture to the Mayor of Ana Belén Castejón must accept a solvent and productive investiture agreement and with the requirement that they have not investigated for corruption in the Government Of Cartagena, as set forth in article 54 of the Transparency Law of the Region of Murcia.
Manuel Padín has stated that he is prepared "to propose an alternative investiture agreement with proposals that can be paid, with measures for regeneration and against corruption, and projects of employability and wealth generation that Cartagena needs, as well as a strategic plan Of tourism for the next few years ".
According to Manuel Padín, "what we can not do is to be a silent witness to the disaster that the left-wing populism of CTSSP wants to address, with its investiture agreement, and allow the Transparency Law to be violated."
On the other hand, Manuel Padin has asked the PSOE to set up as soon as possible a Follow-up Committee on the amendments of the orange formation to the municipal budgets of 2017, "our amendments involve investments worth 1,250,000 euros, and although some of them Has begun to take place, for the most part we have no news, such as the pedestrian access to Santa Lucia Hospital. "
About the proposed investiture agreement We can
Regarding the agreement proposed by us, the Citizens' spokesman says that it is "an agreement with points that exceed municipal competition, others that are completely illegal and others that would lead to the breakdown of our municipal coffers and the worsening of the living conditions of Cartageneros ".
Citizen spokesperson in Cartagena, Manuel Padin, explained that some of the conditions that We may have put on the table would involve the payment of millionaire compensation for the unilateral breach of municipal contracts, in others, such as the application of a universal basic income when There are already scheduled social assistance of an autonomous character, which are not cumulative with those proposed by We could mean that municipal coffers would have to face this payment instead of the regional coffers. "Citizens propose social wages that are oriented To job insertion, through programs of aid for the long-term unemployed, young people trying to find a first job, and people over 45.
Citizens also believe counterproductive of the conditions proposed. We can support the investiture of the deputy mayor: the conversion of the provision of water service in rate, that is, remunicipalizing water "at the expense of the pocket of Cartagena" .
According to the Citizens' spokesperson, "this measure will mean that the price of the water we pay will rise further and will affect future generations, and it also threatens not only the jobs of Hidrogea employees, but also those who They will be forced to see their labor conditions worsen. "
"Big companies are the enemy of leftist populism, when what we have to do is control the quality of service, oversee the company and preserve the hundreds of jobs that have generated companies like Hidrogea or FCC in this municipality," Has reported Manuel Padín.
Manuel Padín has also expressed to the Socialist Municipal Group his concern for the future of Cartagena in the next two years, "I wanted to make it clear that we do not believe in this municipal government made up of PSOE, MC, and less sponsored by CTSSP-Podemos, that We are afraid that the lack of governance and the stability that the populism, both right and left, have introduced in the local administration will continue for two more years and will hamper our economic growth. "
Citizens' councilors also moved during the meeting their alarm at the progressive isolation of Cartagena within the Autonomous Community, "I hope for the good of all, Ana Belén Castejón will be able to rebuild all the bridges that burned José López during this Time, but I am afraid, that the damage produced (the deterioration of this City Council's relations with any public department at a regional level) will remain in time. "
For the spokesperson of the Orange Formation "it was not enough to evict the councilors of the Popular Party from the municipal government to put others, or to prevent at all costs to return, it was all about and it is a matter of presenting a common project And viable for Cartagena until 2019, and We support this Government is the last thing we need, and we are ready to propose an alternative and productive investiture agreement to avoid the harmful effects that the We can cause.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena