After four months waiting for answers to the contributions made by the Municipal Group Socialist Archena City Council, Mayor Manuel Marcos Sánchez Cervantes alone has adopted a regulation Organic neglecting the proposals made by the PSOE.
This was not consensual, and has not been debated, resulting in poor regulation, partisan, and that stifles and restricts the actions of the opposition, which is what he wanted the mayor, in addition to "restrict the political debate and public participation based a new form of censorship. "
The mayor showed an excessive cynicism to recognize that the regulation introduced by the Socialist Party, "was more complete and better than their proposal, but the majority of their votes would make the socialist proposal was rejected and his approval."
With the approval of Municipal Organic Rules (ROM) Archena Mayor will "devalue" the operation of the City Council to limit the number of initiatives that each of civic groups were entitled to.
This regulation is a proposed "unilateral PP" based on "principles that restrict freedom and undermine representative democracy."
According to the Socialist spokesman in the city of Archena the new ROM is "authoritarian" by limiting the speaking time in plenary municipal opposition groups during the debates, motions and other business.
From the Municipal Socialist Group, criticized the ROM has not been adopted in order to go beyond what make the laws, not oppose them, but to improve and extend them to the municipal function.
This regulation would have required the consent of the municipal groups, as it should be used for any party that can govern the time in our town, as is the case with the Spanish Constitution, which has ruled from Center, Left and Right.
Juan Pedro Lopez Juarez Municipal Socialist Group spokesperson stated that "usual" that the Mayor develop attitudes "authoritarian" such as "demonstrated" in the negotiation of the MTN, and in this Regulation , in which the Mayor and Councillor Patricia
Fernandez called negotiations to submit documents for approval, "Yes yes" without listening to the contributions of the other party.
These positions to which the Mayor is used to perform are not "democratic" to "silence" the opposition groups in the City of Archena, making it in the consistory of the province "more restrictive."
Juarez has indicated that other municipalities governed by mayors of PP "respects" to the groups in opposition and there is "more freedom" to express in full.
Most items included in the ROM are harmful to the rights of opposition groups. "
"It is a crop of rights, another, unacceptable," claimed.
Similarly, the Socialist spokesman indicated that the measure presented by the PP "is not seeking greater operation of City Hall, but eliminate the ability to present initiatives that have opposition, restricting the ability of citizens to attend meetings to verify the plenary debates on issues that affect them, "as proposed Socialist Municipal Group.
"After finishing with the voices of citizens, the Mayor is now proposing to do the same with that of the councilors of the opposition groups", notes the Socialist representative also snapped to the Mayor with the following statements "We do not like the Rules", "You neglected the contributions to that demanded the Municipal Group Socialist who had been a substantial improvement of the regulation do you approve," "Under these conditions had not been necessary this regulation," "You has missed an opportunity in the City Council to bring more democracy, more participation and consensus "
Source: PSOE Archena