When asked about the announcement of Mayor Ada Colau’s candidacy for re-election, Lucía Delgado, spokesperson for PAH Barcelona, recalls that “the platform has 13 years on the street”. “Whoever governs, what we will demand is that the right to housing be defended, and specifically that policies be made that defend people and not the interests of private lobbies & rdquor ;, assures who was one of the founders of the hyperactive platform, together with the mayor (and already officially candidate) and the Councilor for Housing, Lucía Martín.
“Whatever happens, we will continue fighting so that the neighbors are not expelled from their homes as we have always done & rdquor ;, adds Delgado, who this Thursday has participated in the press conference called by the housing movement in full to present the demonstration which will be held this Saturday afternoon (Plaza de la Universitat, 6:00 p.m.), under the motto “housing is a right, not a business; With these prices we cannot live & rdquor;.
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Enric Canetdirector of citizen relations Casal dels Infantsa social entity of reference in the city, points out that “since the candidates of the parties presented know each other and the city, it is time to work together for common projects, counting on the citizens and the associative fabric, in favor of all people, especially those who are always losers, and for a sustainable future & rdquor ;.
From New Barris, Sandra Pardo, president of the Pare Manel Foundation, points out that the entity makes a “realistic and positive” assessment. of the political action of the Colau government in its territory: Verdum, Roquetes, Nou Barris. “This government has looked deeply and with resources at our area, with projects and neighborhood plans, and we recognize that. Thinking about politics is thinking about immediacy and the fact that it is presented again is a possibility of giving continuity to initiatives in the longer term, if the citizens so decide & rdquor ;, says Pardo, who is finalizing the preparations for the first ‘Guaya’t the cel amb el Pare Manel’ without Pare Manel on stage, although he will be very present from the ‘cel’, both in front of and behind the curtain.