Without leaving any room for doubt, the Councilor for Festivals and Occupation of Public Roads of Alicante, Cristina Cutanda, reiterated this morning that the so-called ‘violet points’ planned to deal with complaints from women victims of possible sexual assaults will remain in place. nearby festivities of the Bonfires of San Juan, which are celebrated the penultimate week of June.
Cutanda has stressed that its installation “is not negotiable in this ordinance, in compliance with the State Pact against Gender Violence and due to the conviction of this government team that these points are necessary until we manage to eradicate this scourge.”
In relation to this matter, the councilor has specified that the Government team will not sit down with any group to negotiate the new Public Roads ordinance until the European elections on June 9 are concluded, to prevent the debate from being “contaminated” by electoral interests. It must be remembered that, after having announced an agreement, Vox yesterday denied its support for the norm precisely because of the non-removal of the ‘violet points’ that it had demanded.
“I call for the responsibility of all political formations to put city issues that affect us all before any other type of particular, ideological or partisan interest,” Cutanda added.
For this reason, the mayor has ordered the withdrawal from the agenda of the Presidency and Internal Regime Commission that meets tomorrow, Thursday, of the item related to the initial approval of the ordinance regulating the temporary occupation of public roads through recreational activities and shows. , commercial, sociocultural and other analogues.
“We do not want an issue of such importance for the city as the ordinance for the occupation of public roads to be used as a bargaining chip for partisan interests during the electoral contest for the European elections,” Cutanda summarized.
