The former councilor for Citizens, Monica Martinez, has become part of the local government of A Coruña. The non-attached mayor will be the new Councilor for Sports of the City Council of A Coruña. The mayor announced it this morning Ines Rey. Martínez, councilor of the mixed group, after requesting the withdrawal of the orange party last June, goes on to occupy the portfolio that he managed until now Juan Ignacio Borrego, which reinforces your responsibility. Borrego will assume Citizen Security, Institutional Relations and Tourism.
Inés Rey has justified the “readjustments” in a “reinforcement of certain areas” to alleviate the effects of the pandemic at a different time with respect to her entry into María Pita, 14 months ago. The entry of Mónica Martínez has led to the general reorganization of the municipal government.
The mayor of A Coruña has appeared supported by her eight councilors and Mónica Martínez herself, who has advanced that creating a city brand related to sports is one of her priorities. And she has been excited to take on an area that she says “is passionate about” and that “has been linked to her professional career.” The former Citizen has promised “humility” and “work” in the development of her duties to make sport a “cross-cutting axis and tool for economic development” in A Coruña.
Deep remodeling
The restructuring It also affects the until now Councilor for Tourism, Diana Cabanas, who rejoins his maternity leave and remains with the Department of Markets, Commerce and Neighborhoods. Jesus Bushel It will deal exclusively with the area of Education, and the responsibility in Culture, which it previously held, will depend directly on the Mayor Inés Rey herself.
The local government group is now made up of 10 councilors. The mayor points out that these changes do not affect the mandate agreements with Marea Atlántica and the BNG. The socialist held private meetings throughout the morning with each of the affected councilors to inform them of the government reorganization.
Mayor Inés Rey, asked if these changes had been “cooking” for a long time, uses irony and says that “she can’t be perfect and that’s why she doesn’t know how to cook.”
Atlantic Tide will consider its support for the PSOE after the entry of Martínez into the government
The municipal opposition has reacted with virulence to some changes that it considers an amendment to the entire management of the first year of government.
He PP warns that the incorporation of Mónica Martínez to the municipal executive does not solve the lack of majority of the socialist project in the plenary session. He points out that the entry of the former Councilor for Citizens implies a change of chairs due to the inoperation of some departments. The lack of confirmed investments in A Coruña by the state government continues to be critical.
Atlantic Tide he speaks of a “real scandal” and they accuse PSOE and Mónica Martínez herself of transfuguismo. In the coming weeks they will assess how these changes affect the relationship between training and the government team, since they consider that the announced changes confirm a turn to the right” of the government of Inés Rey.
He BNG considers that there is an explicit recognition that something is not working internally in the local government and they regret that a change of importance like this has not been consulted with the groups that supported the investiture of Inés Rey in 2019. They question whether the local government maintains its bet for the progressive policies that brought her to the mayoralty.
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