Press release and photo of the press conference hosted by the Opposition Groups in the City of Eagle, PSOE, IU and Masdar on the defector Clemente García:
At 11'20 am this morning, the Opposition Groups Eagles Hall, PSOE and IU MASD, have formally requested the holding of an extraordinary plenary session to address the issue of runaway monograph Clemente Garcia and Juan transfuguismo beneficiary Ramírez Soto.
This has been reported spokesmen for these matches, Ramón Román, Pedro Gil and Miguel Antonio Carrasco, to the media during a press conference that offered at 12:00 hours in the press room of the Consistory aquiline.
According to the Socialist spokesman said Ramon Roman, who has been the first to speak, the Extraordinary Plenary request was motivated by the refusal of the Mayor to include a joint motion of the three groups appearing in the July plenary.
In fact, yesterday, Tuesday, July 28, the parties of the Opposition in the City of Eagle, PSOE, IU and Masdar, left the House to get the item on "Motions", in protest for not being included by the Mayor, within the agenda of the plenary session, a joint motion raised by these groups.
In that proposal called for the mayor to resign for being a recipient of turncoat, as declared by a committee of experts of the National Commission Antitransfuguismo after studying the case of Councilman Clemente Garcia.
In this extraordinary plenary will be requested, in the words of Roman, "which, in defense of the will of the citizens of Eagle, break the Covenant Governance Clemente Garcia with the People's Party, that he withdraw the delegations and asked to give your Councillor Act "because" has stolen the will emerged from the polls. "
The second contact Media attending the press conference has been the spokesman for the Social Democrats and chairman of MASD, Pedro Gil Lopez, who has made reference to Article 73 of the Basic Law on Local Government which states that " The economic and political rights of members shall not be assigned no higher than they had been matched to remain in the group of origin. "
Wherefore, the councilman known as a defector by the National Commission Antitransfuguismo, Clemente Garcia, can not receive financial compensation, nor hold any charge.
However, the October 1, 2008, by Resolution of Hall, Clemente Garcia was appointed Deputy Mayor, entrusting the same powers of Industry and Local Development.
Two months later, in December 2008 plenary session on municipal budgets, Clemente Garcia was included among the members of the corporation-time, indicating to him an annual salary of EUR 29,400 in 14 payments of 2100.
All these data were provided by Pedro Gil, who has stated that "Clemente Garcia has betrayed the Masdar and also the will of the voters of the town of Eagle, as the PP had no majority and let him have it.
Such situations undermine democracy and we will fight for this not to happen again. "
Municipal spokesman of the United Left Group in the City of Eagle, Miguel Antonio Carrasco, has been the hardest in his words, describing the act of "corruption ethic and a mockery of the democratic system."
It also recalled that his group filed a motion asking the mayor does not rely on defectors to govern, as happened in the legislature in 1999, when "Juan Ramirez stole four councilors defectors to MIRA.
His behavior is to use politics in a way immoral. "
He also said that, although the mayor has a deadline of three months to include the motions in the agenda of plenary sessions, the welcome is to encourage citizens not to ignore the ten councilors of the opposition.
"We find it unacceptable that Juan Ramirez made the motions of the Opposition Groups what he wants."
Media assistants have received a dossier with high motion in Parliament and with the Act of the Committee of Experts of the Monitoring Committee Antitrasfuguismo Covenant, in which García Clemente finds that must be declared deserter.
In the same article takes stock of the events, which attached to this letter, together with a request Extraordinary Plenary.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
1 .- On May 27, 2007 municipal elections are held, getting the 10 councilors Popular Party, the PSOE 6, 2 and the United Left Movement Social Aquilegia 3 aldermen.
These three council members are Pedro Gil Lopez, Catalina and Clemente Piñero Martínez García Pérez.
2 .- On May 29, 2007 the three mayors of MASD, along with the rest of the top ten heading the electoral list of the local group, signed before the notary Isabel Manuela Musso Marzal a document expressing:
"1 .- commit against his party and to each other faithfully comply with the discipline to vote, noting in each case that they do so by the governing bodies of the Party, to exercise its vote in the same way be determined for each vote to be held by the Municipal Corporation of the City of Eagles.
2 .- also undertake not to engage individually or collectively without the knowledge and consent of the President of their party said MASD to enter into negotiations for the formation of any political group that could lead to the establishment of a Joint City at City Hall Eagles, or the integration of those appearing in any other political group than the one in whose lists have attended those elections.
3 .- We finally get engaged, in the event of any breach of the commitments made in the preceding paragraphs 1) and 2) to submit his resignation to the competent organs of the Party, with council over record obtained in the repeated elections for the next person in order to integrate the aforementioned list of candidates of political party Movement Social Aquilegia (MASD). "
Clemente Garcia, and the other members of the list above, signed the document, which was also presented to the Media at Press Conference.
However, demonstrated no word by breaking it signed before the notary and the rest of his party colleagues.
3 .- On July 7, Clemente Garcia requested withdrawal from the Masdar and announces his intention to form the Working Group or Group not assigned, by failing to deliver the Act of Alderman.
This document is submitted to the Chief Press MASD, along with two personal letters to Pedro Gil and Catherine Piñero.
4 .- The same day she was called an urgent meeting of the Executive of Aquilegia Social Movement, which Clemente Garcia did not appear to explain.
5 .- On August 27, 2008 Clemente Garcia announced a pact with the Popular Party, to the Media and with the support of a minister and the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras PP and all PP Councillors Eagles and Mayor Juan Ramírez Soto.
From that moment the PP starts to have an absolute majority.
6 .- On 3 September, the president of Masdar and municipal spokesman of this political group, Pedro Gil Lopez, the mayor sent a letter requesting the freezing of Clemente Garcia for incurring turncoat and reports the filing of a complaint against the council.
That same day, the acting mayor Catalina Lorenzo responds negatively to the request of Pedro Gil.
7 .- September 15 is raised a motion in Parliament by the MASD Councillor Catherine Clemente García Piñero requesting to be appointed defector.
8 .- On October 1, 2008, by Resolution of Hall, Clemente Garcia was appointed Deputy Mayor, entrusting the same powers of Industry and Local Development.
9 .- In the December 2008 plenary session on municipal budgets are included Clemente Garcia among members of the corporation-time, indicating to him an annual salary of EUR 29,400 in 14 payments of 2100.
10 .- Finding himself immersed in a lawsuit brought by the MASD for violating the notarial deed and do not deliver your Councillor Act, which apply precautionary measures, Clemente Garcia allegedly not receive the above reward, does not take place in the Board Local Government, and holds delegations.
However, this fact is not debated in plenary, which was where he discussed the issue of municipal budgets.
And although it is not formally Councillor for Industry and Employment, to the Media continues to exercise this function.
Pursuant to the Basic Law on Local Government, in its Article 73 "The economic and political rights of members not assigned will not be higher than they had been matched to remain in the group of origin."
Therefore, can not receive such remuneration, nor can have any Department or office.
11 .- October 22, the Socialist Party presented to the Minister of Public Administration, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Monitoring Committee of the Covenant Antitransfuguismo a written complaint to study this issue.
12 .- The 17 December 2008, the Monitoring Committee of the Covenant Antitransfuguismo demominó a Commission of Experts to study the case, the conclusions are:
1 .- Don Clemente García Pérez has to be declared a deserter because he betrayed his political strength and manifestly contrary to the will of the bodies of the same who had decided to remain in the Opposition and not ally with either the main force, nor with the other of the Opposition to reach a majority alternative and sitting up, against the will proved, the Municipal Government in minority People's Party, will ensure its stability and the inability to thrive a possible censure motion.
2 .- In accordance with the discussion in the previous basis, provision should be improved behavior by Mayor Juan Ramírez Soto fits the type of beneficiary transfuguismo only ignored so crass, so the second of the Covenant Addendum point Third, training is required of signatories:
Rejecting "the possibility that the Mayor is made involving any political appointment or delegation of government powers and special general the same, with consequent economic and political rights, in favor of escapees."
Source: Grupos de la Oposición en el ayuntamiento