Portal de Cartagena

www.portaldecartagena.com

• Home
• Business
• Hotels
• Restaurants
• News
• Advertisement

The spokesperson for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, has been inflexible with the conditions of the orange formation, "we want an immediate reduction in the water bill, that our investment proposals be accepted, and that the generic items in the accounts "

The pedestrianization of access to Santa Lucía Hospital, a program for the return of entrepreneurial Cartagena talent, the updating of the Cartagena Accessibility Plan, the Torres Park improvement plan, the reserve for projects for restoration of historical and cultural heritage, Conditioning of the Plaza del Lago, and of Beatas street, or the construction of public urinals, among the modifications amendments of Citizens.

The Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padin, today attended the Finance and Interior Committee, which, among other issues, discussed the proposal of the delegate councilor of the Area of ​​Finance and Interior, Isabel Garcia, on the initial approval Of the General Budget of the City Council for the year 2017. The Municipal Group has decided to abstain in the voting of this proposal.

The local spokesperson for the orange formation explained that "there was no other meaning in our vote, we have imposed on the local government several conditions to win the favorable vote of citizens: immediate and clear reduction of water tariff, acceptance of our proposals Of modification, and more specific in the destination of generic items. "

"Our position is clear and clear, the reduction in the water bill for Cartagena families, which will also benefit the hotel sector, and our companies, and we do not use a 'go-to-do, To-think, we will agree, no, we want it done, "said Manuel Padin, who adds that" is the sine qua non, the families of Cartagena have to stop paying that barbarity in their bills, and It is strange that the local government, at our request, has not expedited the procedures and has previously convened the Water Working Table. "

The Bureau is scheduled for February 2, "I do not know how they will do it before the Plenary where the budgets will be debated, but in any case it must be something written, signed, and absolutely made and agreed, agreed in the sense of That the lowering of rates can not lead in future to lawsuits in the courts that have to pay citizens, it has to be very clear, here we can some stop being mayor or be a councilman and leave the owl to citizens and that does not We want it. "

The orange formation has not specified the percentage that should cover the reduction, but the spokesman recalled that "more than a year and a half ago there is an offer on the table for a drop of 7 percent and we understand something like that would be reasonable; It is clear that the Cartagena people could have benefited from this measure long ago and made many bills if the government had kept its word. "

Amendments 'oranges' and more concretion

In addition to the reduction in the water tariff, Manuel Padin, has reported to the media that he has met again with Finance Councilor, Isabel Garcia, who has called for more concrete in the draft municipal budgets, "have We specify the destination of many generic items, since only knowing the destination of the investment will know how to diagnose and evaluate what investment plan the Government has planned for the immediate future of Cartagena. "

"Our city can not grow and develop only with sterile struggles and visits to the courts, but making decisions and implementing the conclusions of the working groups to alleviate the economic burden of citizens, who have already endured enough." Of Citizens.

Among the proposals of the orange training to modify the budget, is the pedestrianization of the access to Santa Lucia Hospital and construction of a greenway or bike path, the Integral Improvement Plan of the Torres Park, the first phase of the conditioning of the Plaza Of the Lake and Beatas Street, a reserve for the project of recovery of the Roman Amphitheater, drafting of the restoration project of the Castle of the Watchtower, the updating of the Integral Plan of Accessibility of the Municipality of Cartagena 2010, the adequacy of the perimeter of the Quarries Roman and awareness campaign, a program that articulates a network of young entrepreneurs and professionals from Cartagena and measures to encourage the return of entrepreneurial talent, the adaptation of the front esplanade and cheniles of the Center for Animal Care (CATAD), and construction Of public urinals in the center of Cartagena.

According to the orange formation, all these proposals are on the table, and in the phase of negotiation and study of the items to be drawn, in parallel and not exclusive to the reduction of water prices, and the need to specify the destination of the items Of the accounting document.

"There are two virtues that all political opposition should nurture: the fiscalizing attitude, and the cooperative attitude, and I sincerely believe that both are in our conditions to the budgets, we prefer to be useful rather than settle in the 'non-resounding and sterile' We prefer to add and not to interfere, we prefer to amend everything we do not like and demand concreteness, we prefer to work, is the way we have chosen to represent the thousands of voters who placed their trust in Citizens, and also to respect All those who did not, who are as Cartagena as the others, although some have not yet heard. "

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena