Regarding the Second Day of Neighborhood Participation, the Councilor of Cambiemos murcia Sergio Ramos today urged the municipal government team not to confuse the "posture" with citizen participation, which should be, in his view, a "central element "In public policies and, therefore," must be taken very seriously. "
Ramos said that the event held today "has little to do with participation", which requires regulated processes and guarantees that allow citizens to make direct decisions.
This day demonstrates that "the PP confuses, at best, the exposure of their activities with participation and, at worst, that uses this concept for an advertising and marketing campaign that in no way contributes to the improvement of the municipality ".
The mayor has called on the municipal government to prioritize the reform of the Regulation of Citizen Participation to carry out true democratic processes as participatory budgets or the decentralization of decision making in municipal councils, among others.
It has also demanded that it "does not pervert" the concept of participation because this can lead to the questioning of real formulas aimed at the direct involvement of citizens in public affairs.
Nacho Tornel, also a municipal councilor, drew attention to the fact that as the controversy over Pedro Antonio Sánchez has increased, the number of "acts of promotion" of the mayor, José Ballesta .
In Tornel's opinion, "more time is devoted to these kinds of acts, which are publicity, than to deepen the working groups and the affairs of the municipality," while the working sessions of the Social Council "are limited to Listening to municipal projects, "which, on the other hand," are the result of the collective work of all groups, in many cases. "
Source: Cambiemos Murcia