The Municipal Socialist Group of Villatobas (Toledo) sent a letter to the government team chaired by Gema Guerrero, of the PP, demanding that it “immediately” remove from the program the festivities in honor of Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno. competition that rewards the best drinks carts to promote alcohol consumption and reward it with public money.
For the socialist spokesman, Mariano Rodríguez, “activities harmful to health cannot be encouraged, however popular they may be”, and he explained that the municipality “has planned three prizes of 100 euros to the best models designed to transport drinks and the cleanest when collecting them.
From the Socialist Party of Villatobas, they do not understand “the rush to promote this type of competition and reward them with public money; are far from being the best example that one should give of a town hall”
Thus, he refers to the campaign “Minors without alcohol” corresponding to the National Plan to Combat Drugs of the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Protection to recall that “it is public and well-known that alcohol considerably reduces the leisure and entertainment possibilities of young people”.
For its part, the government team responded that it does not promote “at any time the consumption of alcoholic beverages”. An example of this is that in the official book of the festival, each of the scheduled shows includes the recommendation of responsible consumption. Similarly, in the the bases of the automobile competition are at no time encouraged to said consumption and the prize is awarded exclusively on the basis of decoration and cleanliness.”
Avoid accidents
In order to avoid, as far as possible, small accidents during local festival celebrations due to the rubbish and puddles generated by certain groups of young people and adults and which are collected in various containers by the cleaning services so that the municipal park is in perfect condition, the Villatobas City Council has reproduced a initiative – intended solely and exclusively for adults– which has been held for years by many town halls in the province, of all political colours.
This was done because the government team tried in 2022 to prevent the introduction of bags of drinks or ice into the exhibition center by using private security services, but due to the large size of the municipal park, the control was not successful.
