A new public platform, consisting of 400 institutions in the Municipality of Murcia, has set the goal of defending the sculpture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in Monteagudo.
The Platform in Defense of the Christ of Monteagudo, which is part of the municipal board of the parish, is intended to show their opposition to the lawsuit filed by a group of jurists to dismantle the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ to continue to support there and it is declared of Cultural Interest (BIC).
Team of the City Government, as stated by the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara a few days ago, opposes the attempt to eliminate a hallmark emblematic of Murcia is the Christ, and adopted on Wednesday to urge the competent authority to declare the Sacred Heart as a Cultural.
Also, the Government Team will present a motion to the next plenary session in order to carry out all necessary actions to maintain the Cristo de Monteagudo.
The first initiative is to promote the new platform for Saturday, to 18.30 in the Glorieta, a concentration called to defend the Christ.
During the event, which has convened dozens of institutions, will read a manifesto.
In addition, collect signatures in support of the figure of Christ Monteagudo in collaboration with the Youth City Council.
The headman of Monteagudo, Marco Antonio Fernandez, the mayor indicated that continually get calls from all over Spain to support the protection of the image and remain in place.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia