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- Citizen Councilwoman, Ana Rama, said that "we knew that this government does not have a project defined for Cartagena and that it acts through impromptu impulses, but what we could not imagine is that it will launch to obtain the municipal ownership of a Patrimonial property so important without first having established a strategy for obtaining subsidies that allow to restore it, and also a definite plan of what to do with it.

The Municipal Group of Citizens will take to the next Plenary several questions to know what plans you have the Government for the future of the Castle of La Atalaya.

On June 22, 2016, the City of Cartagena signed with the Ministry of Finance the transfer of the property of Castillo de La Atalaya, to proceed with its rehabilitation.

At that time, the Cartagena exregidor, José López, stated that the City Council would be in charge of "consolidating and protecting this historic asset, until it is economically possible to restore and value El Castillo."

In addition, Lopez also pointed out that, within the possible uses of the Castle, could be enabled as a historical center of interpretation.

Citizens wants to know if the City Council, a year after its acquisition, has already started a plan for obtaining local, regional, and state subsidies that will allow El Castillo to be rehabilitated and what options the local Executive manages to use, taking into account That the Association for the Defense of Heritage (ADEPA) has already publicly stated that one of López's first intentions, to turn it into a museum or interpretation center, is neither meaningful nor profitable.

The Councilor for Citizens, Ana Rama, said that "we knew that this government does not have a project defined for Cartagena and that acts through impromptu impulses, but what we could not imagine is that it will launch to get the municipal ownership of a good So important without first having a strategy for obtaining subsidies that allow to restore it, and also a definite plan of what to do with it.

"This shows us once again how populist politics works: first to acquire property and hold press conferences, and then sit down to make numbers and draw up a work plan, that is, start the house on the roof," explained Rama Who recalled that "the only investment that the Government has made in this building has been to place a mast for 1,500 euros."

It is not the first time that the orange formation is forced to ask for explanations about the future of this castle built in the eighteenth century, in plenary last April presented a battery of questions but did not get a concrete response by the councilman Of the area of ​​Culture and Heritage, in addition, on May 4, they sent a letter of internal character re-posing them, written that today remains unanswered.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena