José López regrets that PP politicians take advantage of our parades when they turn their backs on us with their political action
In the last dates, and fruit of the processionist participation of MC, the Cartagena formation has had knowledge that on the part of the Autonomous Community is launching the balloon so that the owner of the temple, which is none other than the Bishopric of the Diocese of Cartagena and CARM itself, intend to undertake works on the facade of the church of Santa María de Gracia.
In this sense, MC will ensure that these improvements are produced in an effective and comprehensive manner, and will study the possibility of presenting a motion in this regard to the municipal Plenary.
The objective of these works should be to endow the dignity that the temple deserves, both as a parish and as the nerve center of our Holy Week, but, apparently, "it is more a facelift whose objective would be to give content to the godfathers chosen by Lopez Miras or Pedro Antonio, Dona Sardina, to descend to Cartagena, is suing our Brotherhoods, as we also know is the voracious Delegate of the Government, "said the general secretary and spokesman of MC, José López.
In this regard, Lopez has indicated that "we will not enter to evaluate if this action of the majority parties moves away from the word of the Gospel, by that of expelling the merchants from the temple, or from the whitewashed sepulchres, because that does not correspond to politics , but we regret that, far from working to give visibility to our Holy Week, strive to become visible by taking advantage of it, and do so through promises of doubtful compliance and little real impact ".
Abandonment of the temples of Cartagena
López has continued thanking "all the actions that take place in the forgotten temples of my city, starting with Santa María de Gracia and following, without delay and without possible resignation, with the Master Plan prior to the restoration and opening to the cult of our beloved and forgotten, by Bishopric and administrations, Cathedral of Santa María la Mayor. "
Inciding on this aspect, the MC spokesman recalled that during the last years there have been several patches that have been made in Santa Maria de Gracia.
The last one, the replacement of the roof by means of the co-payment formula by the Cartagena people, "who paid for our pockets how many tiles had to be replaced, Cartagena being also a pioneer in crowfunding, yes, by force, since biblical is also abandonment of this flock on the part of its Shepherd, and it is not of justice that this situation of punishment and abandonment that we Cartagena suffer in our temples is maintained for a longer time ".
Implication of the City Council
About the necessary works in Santa María de Gracia, MC trusts that the bishop and autonomic contribution will more than cover how many arrangements the temple requires and not only its main façade or its bulrush, since its façade on San Miguel Street suffers an endless amount of chipping caused by the humidity that runs through its subsoil, which forces, according to the competent technicians, to isolate that façade to prevent humidity from continuing to pierce its foundations and its walls.
Finally, the general secretary of MC has pointed out that "we also require, for the evident added value that our Holy Week generates for the entire municipality, that if for any question there were not enough funds for such work, the City Council of our city enters collaborate economically and technically with the Community and the Bishopric and ensure that what is done is only the best for Cartagena. "
Source: Grupo municipal MC Cartagena