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The socialist candidate for mayor of Murcia, Pedro Lopez, along with Speaker and IU-Greens candidate, Esther Herguedas, and members of the South Mountain Platform Murcia also have defended the need to promote and develop the direct election by of the residents of neighborhoods and districts of its members and leaders on the municipal boards

The socialist candidate for mayor of Murcia, Pedro López, has posted today at a press conference in conjunction with the IU-Greens candidate, Esther Herguedas, and members of the South Mountain Platform is also Murcia, promote democratic participation in neighborhoods and districts so that residents can directly elect the people they represent to their municipal boards.

"We defend and pursue the alternative that is more democratic participatory direct election," remarked Lee, who in this line has noted that "no one better than the residents of each village, 60 percent of the population live in parishes, to know what they need. "

The candidate and IU-Greens spokeswoman, Esther Herguedas, said that this is a first step in a process of reflection on what should be public participation in neighborhoods and districts of the municipality.

"It's the beginning of a road whose primary objective is to improve democracy," he insisted Herguedas.

For his part, Enrique Fuster, representing the South Mountain neighborhood platform also Murcia, has also highlighted the need to further this process of involvement in neighborhoods and districts and the importance of choosing to "our closest representatives."

He cited the example of experiences in this regard have been conducted in other municipalities in the region as Totana, Moratalla or Bullas, so that the pointed-end-is that if you can.

Joint motion

Thus, the Socialist Group and IU-Greens, through its spokesman, Alfonso Navarro and Esther Herguedas, respectively, will defend a motion in plenary on Thursday asking the Mayor House to take appropriate measures so that in the next election municipal means to enable the direct election by residents of the members of municipal boards as well demand the neighborhood movement in this county, and that this will lead to a reform of municipal rules of participation.

Source: PSOE Murcia