He deputy mayor of the presidency And municipal government spokesperson of the Cordoba City Council, Miguel Ángel Torrico, appeared this Monday before the Local Government Council to report on new coexistence measures after the decisioncommunicated this Sunday in a press release, ban festivals in the Center and Cascobecause of the attractive effect they have on the bottles.
Torrico announced, a week after his presentation, that the program of Christmas street parties with bars and traditional music, of which groups can request the celebration, change your schedule: they will be able to take place until eight o’clock in the afternoonwhen it was initially until midnight. “For the rest the conditions are maintained, that the music is ambient, that the gatherings are family-friendly,” specified the spokesperson for the local government.
“It’s a time limitation to avoid the bottle effect» during these Easter holidays. When asked if these Christmas celebrations would be allowed at the Casco and the Centro, he assured that “we will see what authorizations will be granted.” “If there is an excessive concentration” in this area, this will influence the permits that the Town Hall can grant.
Regardless, given that the groups that will request them are in the table of the cross -created after the last edition to face the problems of coexistence that are generated in the heart of the city-, can be seen in the next meeting who will maintain this body. Torrico announced that it was scheduled for October 21. These will basically be measures to avoid the adverse effects of the bottle during this May holiday celebration.
In seven days, the municipal government adopted minimize discomfort two weekends ago, the youth gatherings at the Velá de Santa Marina – “The incidents were minimal”, assured the mayor of Festivals and Traditions, Julián Urbano – for put an end to these kinds of parties in the heart of the city then it developed into Colon this Friday and Saturday, which once again attracted bottles. It is true that he announced it when there were no longer any events to organize in the old town of our city.
This last party caused that on Saturday – before knowing the brutal decision of the local government – the Santa Marina Neighborhood Association, Fueenseca and Orive demanded Urbano’s dismissal. For their part, the brotherhoodsorganizers of the events in Santa Marina and Colón, rejected this Sunday the measure of the capitulars and evaded any direct responsibility for the large bottles and uncivil acts.
Coexistence order
They allege that the assembly of these bars helps generate income to maintain their heritage and develop their social action. The mayor of the Presidency gave them a wink this Monday: the the door remains open for festivals to be authorized next year in the Center and Casco. The development of the Crosses seems fundamental to the future decision about them.
Finally, the mayor of the Presidency explained that the future coexistence order -wants to limit the undesirable effects generated by bachelor parties or fight against drinking habits in the street- is in the advice phase of the Legal Services of the Town Hall with a view to its initial approval – the start of its treatment. There is no date on this.
