He mayorthe popular José María Bellido, suspended this Thursday Plenary session of the municipal council of Cordoba a few moments after the start. In the room where it was celebrated, they had gathered union demonstrations -acting- and citizens -against the management of health by the Régie and the neighborhood association La Palabra de Las Moreras.
A few moments after the session began, we heard screams of “Temporary workers, corruption”. He the advisor asked that they stop to be able to continue the plenary. HE resumedbut immediately the voices of the public were heard and the first mayor decided to suspend the plenary session.
After, Bellido gathered At spokesperson of the different political groups. After that, it was reported that the plenary will resume -in practice, it will start again- this Monday at ten o’clock in the morning.
He municipal government spokesperson And mayor of Urban planning And PresidencyMiguel Ángel Torrico, justified the mayor’s decision by alleging that he was witness to a “undemocratic exercise“. He assured that part of the public present at the plenary session had attended the Capitulares in “three organized buses» to protest on a question which “does not fall within municipal competence”, in reference to those who wanted denounce management what is the Advice health care.
During the previous plenary session, he said, “we have already suffered a similar case with the children’s parents. Customs College” and applying the rules of the plenary session, “they were called to order and ordered an eviction for the third time and was heavily criticized by the opposition. “That is why, today no one was expelled but session could not be expanded with people, for example, knocking on the doors of the plenary room,” Torrico continued.
After the suspension, explained the mayor of the Presidency, there was “a consultation with the secretary of the Plenary and a extraordinary meeting of spokespersons in which they offered two possibilities“Continue it today and continue after 48 hours and unanimously the second option was chosen.”
“It’s one thing to protest and another to come and break up a plenary session. Today, three buses were organized here to protest a problem that is not our responsibility. »
Miguel Angel Torrico
Municipal government spokesperson
“It’s one thing to protest and another comes break up a plenary session», reiterated Torrico. He said that for this session, two groups had asked to speak and that they could have done so “perfectly”.
“Democracy is also the norm,” he assured. Then, he argued that from now on, when there are situations of protests which “break up the plenary session, there will be no more expulsions”. “HE will proceed to give three opinions And [si no surten efecto] we will see ourselves obliged to adjourn“, he assured. He concluded by indicating that what happened today is a “call for attention not to respect” certain types of protests.
Inside agenda of the plenary session which will resume on Monday are points such as the request to the Confederation to carry out the necessary works to prevent flooding (PP proposal) or a plan to improve the San Rafael de la Albaida neighborhood (PSOE motion).
