The request for Málaga to trust the future National Cybersecurity Center (PP) and the resignation of the culture councilor, Mariana Pineda, after sponsoring around 100,000 euros to the Contemporary Foundation, with which the mayor was linked (carrying both PSOE and Malaga) Focus Focus Focus PSO.
The «popular» group also presents an urgent motion related to 8M which, once again, is not institutional again, as there is no consensus after not having the VOX vote, to which an ordinary PSO motion on the same issue will be added. The motion that will be institutional will be granted to the city’s medal for the second artist of Castro.
Mayor Francisco de Torre reported the «popular» urgent motion to recognize the city as ideal to host the National Cybersecurity Center that the Government must create under the protection of coordination and governance of the Central Executive to «Assess the Malaga Candidacy».
From Torre, who waited to be approved unanimously, also reported that it is proposed for the board and the government to create a scenario of coordination and joint work for the implementation of the National Center in Málaga, «taking advantage of the experience and agreements that already exist in the Cybersecurity sector in our city». «We do it with the best disposition to collaborate on the success of this National Cybersecurity Center,» he added.
«Málaga has proven to be a city capable of retaining talent and attracting talent in many technological issues, in this sense, of course, in a very clear way,» he said. In summary, he emphasized: «It is about adding here, from Málaga, an ecosystem that can help achieve that success.»
The request for resignation of the culture councilor
On the other hand, the PSOE and Malaga groups bring urgent actions regarding the «Pineda case» in which, among other things, «transparency,» to purify responsibilities, an investigation commission, and the resignation of the culture councilor.
PSOE spokesperson, Daniel Pérez, said it is «a completely unsustainable situation due to the lack of transparency, due to these versions that we know constantly change.»
Pérez explained that, in the motion, they request, among other things, to create an investigation commission in the Municipal Council and establish political and administrative responsibilities; as well as all the information, which must be sent to the Board and the Court of Auditors.
In addition, they request the reprimand of the councilor «because he is the leader» and «considering this degenerate situation that has come with so many lies, so many versions, what we want to ask for is the public resignation of the culture councilor.» «You have to resign through action or omission,» he added. Also, he said that it should be the culture councilor who «shows his face and explains what is happening and from the tower to take action on the matter.»
Similarly, the deputy spokesperson referred to Málaga, Toni Morillas, who assured that «the best news that Málaga and the people of Málaga could offer us Málaga, the culture councilor to present his irrevocable resignation and, if not, the mayor has the power to enforce this termination.»
In his opinion, «it is not possible for a councilor to continue in the plenary session of this Municipal Council, which managed to support a clear conflict of interest, in a clear case of incompatibility, participating directly in the granting of this sponsorship that was orchestrated, was articulated with Promálaga,» he added.
Also, with Málaga, he asks the mayor, as well as the culture councilor, the vice president of Promálaga, the innovation councilor, and the director of the Municipal Society of Promálaga, «for opacity, lack of transparency, and for the absence of consistent, necessary, and appropriate explanations.»
«Lies cannot go freely in politics, there can be no impunity with what was the mayor of the city manual, putting his hands in the fire, yes, in a somewhat hot and timid way on this» Pineda case, «he added.
On the other hand, they request the intervention of the Court of Auditors to obtain this contract; In addition to officially going to the Andalusian office against fraud and corruption.
«We are facing a lack of transparency and the deliberate concealment of information that cannot be justified,» he said, regretting that «this is not unknown.» «We demand the resignation of councilor Pineda and also of the mayor to stop draining the swamp. All political responsibilities in the case of Pineda must be purified,» he said, requesting «maximum transparency.»
In this sense, de Torre defended that «the manager understood and I believe that he managed that this activity in Málaga helped promote the» city, which also did the last times with the push to bring the incubator of the Trinidad plain,» as well as the push to bring Goya to 2020. In summary, «the visibility of the city and this meant a very clear visibility in all Spanish cultural fabric.»
He said, therefore, that «we understand that the performance of Promálaga was impeccable, it was in line with the promotion of the city that characterizes this company,» so they will vote on the movements of the left-wing groups.
De Torre spoke about the «impeccable contract» of Promálaga in relation to this issue and from the point of view of conflicts of interest, the councilor indicated that «there is no advantage, as we say (pina), the advantage I see for the city, which is the place where the event takes place.»
«It was organized, one was mounted, for example, exaggerated controversies, I don’t know how to call it, on a subject that has, the correct terms it has, an impeccable contract with a non-profit basis, where a current councilor was a director, but who is on special leave and will return there, everything happens,»
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On their part, the Vox municipal group urgently promoted a negotiation between the Port Authority and the established fishermen in Malaga for the «immediate opening» of the Fish Market.
The spokesperson of the Vox municipal group, Antonio Alcázar, explained that «due to this situation, 19 ships are affected that must divert their goods to the ports in Vélez or Fuengirola, and that makes them develop a greater amount of working hours than those corresponding to them and even a higher cost.»
«The truth is that, after more than a year since its inauguration, to the current date, the main affected, interested, and for the public expenses that the building itself represents, together with the team it has, cannot use it, which is not only negligent, but also an absolute economic waste and a real lack of interest, in this case, this year, the fishermen of Málaga, he said.
Therefore, Vox urges the Municipal Council «to lead a negotiation between the Port Authority and the fishermen’s team, so that this fish market will be opened as soon as possible and can start developing the activity for which it was built.»