No 1044 Monday 7th - Sunday 13th October 2024
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THE ORIHUELA COSTA IS A ‘WORK IN PROGRESS’.
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total of 13 agenda items were on the table at the Extraordinary Plenary Session held by the Orihuela Council on Thursday, all of which related to actions outstanding in Orihuela Costa. The meeting was called by the Orihuela Government following a motion tabled by the opposition parties two weeks earlier. The short notice of just 3 days, however, and the 8am start in Orihuela City, were thought by many to be an extremely cynical way by the mayor of discouraging coastal residents from attending, as was his refusal, contrary to their legal right, to allow questions to be put by the coast’s largest resident’s association, AVCRL. In summing up the three-hour meeting, which finished just after 11 am, the Cambiemos Councillor, Enrique Montero, said that every response provided by the government was exactly the same. “I can't take it anymore,” he added, as he reviewed the session, with so many questions being left in the air.
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