Martorell Town Council has made an Institutional Declaration guaranteeing that it will continue to support and coordinate aid from our home towards those affected by DANA. It was last night, in the Municipal meeting corresponding to the month of November. The manifesto also highlights the offer of “any support or help that the most affected councils may need in the future”.
“When the mud dries up, when the water recedes, roads can be conditioned and homes, bridges and infrastructure rebuilt, as well as reactivating economic and commercial activity in the affected areas, this City Council and its population will continue with his commitment”. This is the final conclusion and the will towards citizens and councils of the Valencian Community, Castilla-la-Manxa and Andalusia affected by the DANA.
Àngels Soria, councilor of Teixit Associatiu, Cooperation and Participation, read the manifesto, which defends unity in the face of the catastrophe and which shows solidarity “with the relatives of victims and missing persons, those who have lost their homes or those who they have been forced to abandon it”.
It also calls “to implement declarations and aid plans so that the affected people can restore their lives”. And he values ”the irreplaceable work of Civil Protection and emergencies, NGOs, health professionals, the media and everyone” who voluntarily contributed to reducing the temporary consequences of the catastrophe.
Àngels Soria, regidora de Teixit Associatiu, Cooperació i Participació
The Declaration appreciates the work of volunteers and displaced people, and gives councils “to make arrangements, request insurance compensation, aid and subsidies and any support or help that may be needed in the future”.
Soria praised the role “of all the solidarity citizens who have participated, directly or indirectly, in the collection of material”, of security forces, organizations and individuals who have cleaned, rescued, recovered vehicles and made financial contributions. And he was grateful for the work of the six Local Police volunteers sent to the Valencian Country to do patrolling, security and cleaning tasks.
At the same time, he recalled that “it will be necessary to help both in the short and long term”, and that from his Council and the entire City Council will continue to give “support and coordination to all the initiatives that come out of Martorell”. A work that is now focused on the cleaning and reconstruction of the territory, but which will later have to be overturned with “the reactivation of trade and economic activity, and of the cultural, associative and sports fabric”.
Àngels Soria, regidora de Teixit Associatiu, Cooperació i Participació
Soria advised everyone who wants to make a financial contribution “to never make it in cash to uniformed people walking down the street. The risk of fraud is very high”, and that it is by transfer to account numbers of organizations such as the Red Cross or Caritas. This allows “to carry out appropriate control, monitoring, transparency and traceability”.
He also recalled that “right now not all the affected areas can manage the avalanche of material that reaches them” and that it is better “to make it arrive in a coordinated and organized way. If someone wants to make a collection, it is necessary to inform the Council to coordinate the delivery”.
Àngels Soria, regidora de Teixit Associatiu, Cooperació i Participació
From Movem Martorell, councilor Laura Ruiz conveyed “full and warm support to the people who have lost everything”. He praised “the enormous wave of solidarity from everywhere, very exciting” and at the same time expressed condemnation “for the negligence of not foreseeing the consequences of the flood”. He asked “that responsibilities be cleared, that the experts who were warning us be listened to, and that more heed be paid to the alerts so that it does not happen again”.
Laura Ruiz, regidora de Movem Martorell
Soulimane Messaoudi (ERC) thanked “the solidarity of the residents of Martorell and the work of the City Council “bringing the security forces that have gone to the affected towns to help the people”, as well as “all the campaigns organized to collect food. For us, it is a matter of pride that Martorell is a town with this sense of solidarity when it touches and everywhere”.
Soulimane Messaoudi, regidor d'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)
Two more Institutional Declarations
In the plenary session, two more Institutional Declarations were also presented. One, referring to continuing to advance so that children and adolescents live and participate in an environment free of violence, in the framework of World Children’s Day 2024.
One was also approved referring to the fight for the eradication of sexist violence and all the measures that the local administration can take in this regard, on the occasion of the International Day Against Violence Against Women on November 25. The point, initially presented as an ERC motion, became an Institutional Declaration by consensus.
Finally, he put forward a motion to promote an innovative and digital city model that is committed to promoting knowledge and promoting technologies and bringing them closer to citizens, in order to improve their quality of life. It had been presented by the PSC and Junts per Martorell groups and was unanimously approved.
Source: martorelldigital.cat
