The seven PSOE councilors and the two non-registered councilors left the plenary room to protest against the expulsion of the councilor of Tú Aportas Béjar, who wanted to clarify a vote for a “question of order”.
The PSOE and the mayor of Béjar, from the PP, denounce each other after accusations of attempted attack
The plenary session had already been tough, as was a good part of the mandate of Luis Francisco Martín, of the PP, who governs in coalition with Vox and in a minority after two “popular” councilors left the municipal group and disaffiliated from the councilors available to the mayor. This Monday morning, Bejaran councilors were debating water management when Tú Aportas Béjar councilor Javier Garrido interrupted the councilor to clarify what they had voted for and accused him of lying.
Luis Francisco Martín gave him three warnings because he did not respect his turn to speak and then decided to expel him: “Mr. Concierge, notify the police so that they can expel Mr. Garrido from the plenary session for lack of respect for this institution. “, asked the mayor, to which Javier Garrido replied: “I’m not going to leave, dammit. Can you say what you want? I’m not going to leave, let the police take me outside. You were already looking forward to it. I raised a point of order. Then other opposition councilors began to file complaints, a socialist and an unaffiliated one (formerly of the PP), who each received formal notices.
“Shame is what you give today. They need to talk and not let people talk and make mediocre jokes. But don’t they realize it? Mr. Agent, please exclude Mr. Garrido from this plenary session for non-compliance with three warnings,” urged the mayor of Béjar, who protested after one of the non-registered councilors asked Garrido not to leave the room. “How can he not leave?” If I blame him for not paying attention to it. So that they start respecting speaking turns,” criticized the mayor, to whom one of his former advisors responded off-microphone: “We must remain silent about the lies you tell.”
Luis Francisco Martín tried to resume the debate with the second item on the agenda, then the spokesperson for the Socialist Group, Antonio Cámara, spoke: “To protest against the expulsion of a colleague, we We left the plenary session,” he said. before you start collecting all your stuff. The seven socialist councilors and the two non-registered councilors left the plenary session, for which the mayor reproached them: “Thank you very much. “We had been looking for this photo for months, they found it.”
The “popular” mayor continued his intervention, betting on an increase in the price of water to improve services and waiting for breakdowns, and resumed the session. “As there is a quorum, we can continue the plenary session. Good news: we are going to buy a police car and a minibus, because we are going to vote for it,” he joked after the tense moments experienced in the room. In fact, the entire opposition announced that it would hold a joint press conference to protest against the situation at Béjar Town Hall.
