The Valencia City Hall and the Government Delegation of the Valencian Community presented this Monday the security system on the occasion of the celebration of October 9 in the capital of Turia, which will have the presence of 1,500 national police officers and 400 local police officers during the festive day.
This was confirmed by the Mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, and the Government Delegate, Pilar Bernabé, after the celebration of the Local Security Council, during which a call for cordiality and the celebration of this holiday “a day” was launched. day which unites us all” and which “must take place normally and with party atmosphere“.
To this end, they announced “a high level security device: with intervention units, plainclothes police officers, canine units and air assets, which will begin to operate the day before, October 8, during which a mascletà is planned.
The Bernabé delegate thanked “the total coordination between administrations for the development of this deployment”. Cooperation between the National Police and the Local Police which, as he said, “has always been efficient, loyal and very professional”.
During the day of October 9, different events planned in the city of Valencia are expected to be massive, such as the Civic Procession, the two demonstrations requested by Acció Cultural – Comissio 9 d’Octubre and by the Coordinadora Obrera Sindical, and the entrance Moors and Christians.
Likewise, María José Catalá announced that the bearer of the Senyera this year will be the spokesperson for the municipal group Compromís, Papi Roblesand explained that, given that Robles, “may not enter the tedeum planned in the Cathedral, and that this is part of the route, I will be the one who enters the Cathedral with the Senyera and, at the exit , it will still be “Dad, the one who takes it”. The mayor stressed that “it will take place completely normally and with respect for everyone’s decisions”.
The traditional route is recovered
This year the Procession of October 9 returns to its traditional route, given that last year the route had to be diverted due to the ongoing works on the Integral Water Cycle in San Vicent Street. Thus, once the Reial Senyera has descended from the main balcony of the municipality, the procession will start from the Plaza de l’Ajuntament and continue along San Vicent Street until reaching the Plaza de la Reina. There you will enter the cathedral through Puerta de los Hierros, where a tedeum will take place, and later you will exit through Plaza del Arzobispado towards Barchillas Street, returning to Plaza de la Reina, from where you will leave towards Calle de la Paz until reaching the Plaza de Alfonso el Magnánimo, where the traditional floral offering will be made in front of the statue in honor of Jaume I.
The return to the Town Hall will be via Calle del Pintor Sorolla to Plaza de l’Ajuntament, where the Senyera will go up to the balcony of the Town Hall. Once the civic procession is over, the mascleta.
