With this headline, the spokesperson for the Cieza government summarized the progress of the November plenary session, in which the ten opposition councilors presented a single motion.
The spokesperson for the municipal government of Cieza, Francisco Saorín appeared at a press conference this Wednesday to make the usual assessment of the November plenary session, in which, in his opinion, it became clear, once again, that "the strength of the government leads to the inaction of the opposition", since, "among the ten councilors that comprise it, they were only able to present a single motion, which did not even have to do with the problems of the municipality and its management by the current local Executive."
Francisco Saorín has shown his Concern about an opposition that is "sleeping" and shows itself "incapable of presenting any initiative" to improve the situation of the people of Cieza, “surely because they are aware that The day-to-day work of the Government and the various councillors that comprise it is responding to the demands of the residents, which makes it difficult for them to carry out their task of control, criticism and proposals.”
On the contrary, with regard to matters that fall within the jurisdiction of the Plenary, The Government presented and carried out two municipal matters, the partial modification of the regulations of the Local Council of Sports and Physical Activity of the Cieza City Council and the Initial approval of the Municipal Ordinance regulating the occupation of public roads with terraces, which will involve, following contributions from hoteliers and residents, reconciling the needs of residents and license holders.
“Furthermore -Saorín specified- the Municipal groups of PSOE and IU-Verdes achieved approval of their motion regarding the request for measures to address the serious situation in the Mar Menor”, criticizing the "The ineffectiveness of the regional government, led for so many years by the Popular Party, and its inability to respond to an issue of such importance as the protection of our environmental heritage." An initiative, he said, in line with the sentiments of the 55,000 Murcians who demonstrated in the streets of Cartagena on October 30.
As to the only motion presented by the opposition, specifically by VOX and relating to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, Saorín has criticized the "determination of this party to have the City Council assume powers that belong to other administrationsSpecifically, the inclusion of a new program called "Cieza, a municipality for life" in the 2020 municipal budget project, while ignoring the existing ones; issues such as information regarding women's right to decide about their pregnancies, which should be raised with the regional government, which it unconditionally supports but fails to do so.
An “unnecessary” extraordinary plenary session
Finally, the Government spokesman has valued The extraordinary plenary session requested by the PP and Ciudadanos, held prior to the ordinary session this Tuesday, was deemed "unnecessary", given that "The status of execution of the construction contracts is not a justified reason for such a plenary session, since all the information is always available. "so that it can be compiled by the councilors or assistants from each of the municipal technical groups or the councilors delegated for Public Works and Finance." Proof of this, Saorín added, "is that the Popular Party itself voted in favor of withdrawing the initiative once all the data regarding the requested works had been provided, data provided by the Councilors for Finance and Public Works."
In summary, Francisco Saorín has concluded that “plenary sessions in which the Government takes three matters for each one among the three opposition groups, and not even the latter is the responsibility of the City Council, all of them with an assistant and specifically the PP with a free councilor, They encourage the Executive because they demonstrate that municipal affairs are being managed well.".
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