The opposition parties in Barcelona City Council have called on the city’s mayor, Jaume Collboni, improvements in security after regretting the six stabbings that occurred in the city in the second night of the La Mercè festivities.
The representatives of the municipal opposition parties have taken advantage of their appearance at the Saló de Cent of the town hall to congratulate the La Mercè festival to take a position on this issue, after the Culture Commissioner of the City Council, Xavier Marcé, has confirmed the six stabbings during the early morning, although it has unlinked from the party.
The Commissioner for Culture explained this morning that the attacks took place “outside the premises” of the Mercè festivities and “without any relationship with any venue or with any festive activity, neither local nor with any bottle.”
The leader of JxCat in the city council, Xavier Trias, He has made “a call for people not to do stupid things”, while he reminded Collboni that security is not only about acting when there are altercations, but also about preventing them. “Having fun is not do nonsense or the scoundrel, is to enjoy this city and the events we organize,” he stressed.
For her part, the BComú councilor, Jess Gonzalez, has indicated that the incidents experienced last night “do not represent the city of Barcelona”, nor “the spirit of peace that we want to promote.” Furthermore, the representative of the commons hopes that the remaining events of La Mercè “will develop in the most peaceful way possible.”
For his part, the leader of ERC, Ernest Maragall, has regretted the events and has stated that they are “a message for all of us: for the institution, for the security forces and for their eventual responsibility in the control and maintenance of coexistence.” Maragall added that he hopes that “we have the continuity of the party with harmony”, and that “the city once again looks forward with a little more confidence and demand”.
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As for the PP, the councilor Juan Milian He stated that “we do not want the stabbings and altercations to be repeated” and has asked the city council to “take action in this regard.” Milián thanked the “security forces and bodies and the health and fire services for preventing greater evils.”
Finally, the municipal leader of Vox, Gonzalo de Oro-Pulido, He stated that Barcelona has suffered this Mercè “the usual problems, the insecurity problems that we had last year.” “We have a new mayor, who is the same team that handled the security issue, and the failure is the same,” he remarked.