José Aix, Ciudadanos’ candidate for Mayor of Orihuela, promises an accident plan in the first three months of the government to have a cleaner municipality in the area of garbage collection and street cleaning, which he plans to manage through a municipal company. . He pays no attention to the implication that his political opponents are implementing a caciquismo 2.0, which he attributes to dark interests pulling the strings, or to electoral fears that he feels are “the political project that best represents the entire municipality.” ”
QUESTION: There are those who accuse you of being less sensitive to the historical heritage of the city. What is Ciudadanos’ proposal to revitalize the historical center?
ANSWER: If Ciudadanos and this City Planning and Heritage Councilor showed anything lately, especially last year, it’s a firm commitment to the historic center with three major studies currently being carried out. The Rubalcava Palace is the former Monserrate savings bank and will also be the backbone of the entire historic center of the city and will be compatible with a project at our disposal of over one million euros, the rehabilitation of the old courts, the restructuring of the entire center from Santo Domingo to the Plaza del Carmen next to the City Hall. . A complementary action could be that of Plaza de la Salud or Paseo Calvo Sotelo. Apart from these issues, we are committed to making the urban standards of the historic center more flexible so that the owners can get a better return economically why not and see the possibility of repairing their building attractive and also urgently update Peopcho [Plan Especial de Ordenación y Protección del Casco Histórico de Orihuela] just for that. All this was connected with something necessary that no one, even those under some abbreviations and other names, did; for example, reviewing the catalog of protected assets to consider many municipal or privately owned properties. The buildings are deserving as Orihuela Casino.
“We are committed to making the historic center’s urban standards more flexible so that its owners can earn a better return.”
Q: What is your project for AVE sheet area?
A: We want the AVE plate to be an expansion and transition area between the more traditional Orihuela, located next to the Sierra de San Miguel and crossing the Anden Mountains and the entire Orihuela, and the modern, commercial and development area. the region where we are processing a particular modification will be 12 and then Sports City. We are talking about an expansion space for the whole family, with multiple possibilities, from the smallest to the oldest in the house, with adapted games for the elderly, as well as adapted games, in a wooded, dynamic, modern and attractive space. including gymnastics and driver training circuit for kids with disabilities. A meeting point.
“We want AVE’s slab to be a space of expansion and transition between the more traditional Orihuela and other modern, commercial and development space”
Q: In what process is Santo Domingo territory?
A: We have had very fluid conversations with the treasurer of the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante and the management of the center of Santo Domingo for a long time, and the idea is to complete this operation as soon as possible, ensuring Orihuela’s interests at all times. and, given Santo Domingo’s heritage, it is a Property of Cultural Interest and an integral part of Orihuela’s history.
Q: When will the City Mill swap take place?
A: We are in the public disclosure phase of a plenary agreement requiring the legal status of Palacio Sorzano de Tejada to be changed by inheritance in order for it to be the object of exchange. We can’t keep moving forward until this phase is over, but it is the priority of this government to complete this operation and make Molino de la Ciudad municipally owned and open to the municipal coffers at no cost and available to all Oriolanos. he .
“The most convenient way to manage garbage and street cleaning in our municipality is through the municipality company”
Q: Is Ciudadanos advocating a public-private company for garbage management and street cleaning?
A: We understand that the best way to manage garbage and street cleaning in our municipality is through a municipal company. We guarantee an accident plan in the first three months of our mayorship. Already last year we recruited 65 new workers in the city clean-up and more staff, and now it’s time to professionalize and properly organize this service, something that no one has been able to do until now. From Human Resources, with the participation of all these staff, we did our job with an investment of more than one million Euros, but as I said, it’s time to professionalize and optimize both human and technical resources.
“Some parties are afraid when they see that we are the political project that best represents the municipality”
Q: PP, Vox and Cambiemos tell Ciudadanos that they have dark interests in contracting and town planning, others “holding the strings” or more recently they have implemented “caciquismo 2.0” (where local mayors “buy” votes in exchange for words and favors, this What can you say about it?
A: Some parties feel fear and dread when they see that we have 16 natives in our candidacy and that we are the political project that best represents the whole municipality of Orihuela, and frankly it is cause for concern. Another issue that matters to us and they all do it, they throw the stone and hide their hands, Mr. Almagro did it, now Mr. Mestre is doing it but nobody puts those black and white hints on the white so we don’t do it. Give him some encouragement and let’s put them in the election dread they all feel when they see the power of this candidacy.
“Mr Vegara has been disqualified from assuming any public responsibility, not just to be mayor”
Q: If you had to make a deal even though you were running for mayor, who would you do it with? In a previous interview, he said that PP wouldn’t be a problem if Bascuñana and Almagro weren’t there. Does this last year with Vegara PP or with Carolina Gracia convince you more?
A: Everything shows once again that we will have a scenario where there will be no absolute majority and Ciudadanos comes on the scene because we have shown that we are generous and always show interest. Orihuela and Oriolanos before partisan interests. We showed this by running the Mayorship for seven years and handing it over to the PP, and we showed it by handing it over to the PSOE. But we are convinced that this is our moment, that the Mayoralty fell to me personally, and I say this with arguments. We have a consolidated and permanent team at the starting points as we show that we know how to manage the areas we manage and we also have a revitalized team with new people who represent the whole municipality very well. We have demonstrated capacity, solvency, knowledge, experience, and it is up to us with these characteristics. When we propose any agreement with other political formations – and we’ll see what happens on Sunday – we exclude it as we approach the elections, we will sit down and put the programs on the table. We will see where we agree and whether we can reach the zenith of a common political project, because we are talking about a model city here, an Orihuela for the future, and those who are clearest about it are those who will sit down with us to talk about that future. An important issue is that he is talking about Mr. Vegara, not the PP, not only to be the mayor, but also that he will certainly not be able to take on any public responsibilities. I’m not saying it as a politician with a certain compassion or pity for his situation, but a prosecutor who wants a seven-year prison sentence.