The full City Council of Cartagena adopted an alternative resolution submitted by the Municipal People's Party group where "The Plenary Council supports the legal action taken by Old Town SA for the amounts owed by Residential Door New SA and urges the Government to assist local diligently with any judicial body that is interested in the record of managing PERI's University District. "
, Defended this morning by the Municipal spokesperson, Francisco Espejo, in celebrating the extraordinary plenary session.
The city spokesman has welcomed the positive vote from the opposition groups, except for MC, which means that the opposition clears any doubts about the validity and legitimacy of the civil lawsuit filed by Old Town and is the will assistance of the City of any court of law.
Mirror pointed to accept the request of the opposition, to refer the case to the Office of the University District, would have been detrimental to the interests of the City, because it would compromise the recovery of debt of 3.5 billion euros from Company Residential New Gate.
"That's what they report and legal services and we warned them that the legal representation of the Old Town feel the same."
The report of the Legal Services of the City Council says that "if there is a connecting path between the criminal and civil action, civil proceedings would be halted until the conclusion of the criminal, which would cause damage of an economic nature as not being able to collect amounts are claimed and are secured by court order freezing basis pending criminal proceedings. "
In this sense, Francisco Espejo has defended the extraordinary full transparency in the operations of municipal government and stressed that "will forward the information you ask any judicial body when we ask for, as we always have."
Source: PP Cartagena