A new setback Municipal government after Direct rejection of all categories For the Christmas plan of the local police, which tried to approve it “in the extreme” it should start on Friday with no traffic, on Saturday, with lighting and with the local derby on Sunday. This was during one of the tense special plenary sessions held on Thursday to vote on the draft resolution In the next budget, an amount of 5.6 million will be allocated to pay working hours Unusual performance of agents at these parties.
The device that The whole situation He described it as “dirty”, “with many defects that have not yet been identified” and “like emotional blackmail”, which was discussed between protests and whistles by a group of agents of the mayor, José Luis Sanz, and for this reason they were expelled from the Colón hall. Now it remains to know what the next step will be taken by the local executive authority, which is to implement an operation that is still in the air and for it as well Rejection of unions and municipal intervention.
As the first mayor said on Tuesday, after the point was postponed at the November plenary session because none of the groups participated, if it is not approved this time, “the machine will be imposed.” By decree,” even though it is under The moment did not specify whether this was the path chosen in the end, as he stressed that he “will continue to work” so that the people of Seville can enjoy Christmas, while ensuring security, hinting at the possibility of continuing the stalled negotiations.
The council member, who was visibly upset by the display of signs and booing, continued that the plan that was presented was “the plan that can be allowed at this time.” As the City Council pointed out, there is Spending cap to drive productivity In the budget, which includes in this plan about 20 alternative days, compared to about 40 days of the past holidays and continuously, at the request of the troops and which were paid, and which were also awaiting approval, this morning with the casting vote of the first mayor.
Although in this year’s case, as Csif delegate Santiago Raposo explained, Budget Allocations “They cannot force us to work Without money”, which has already warned that in this case they will consider taking legal action. All this in a context in which the staff, numbering about a thousand customers, suffer from a “deficit” of nearly half a thousand, as the mayor admits. It is not for nothing that the local police in Seville In 2027 it will have an additional 370 agentsBut another 300 will be missing due to the retirements that will occur, because in order to be called to all the necessary positions, we must wait for the times set by law, according to Sanz.
In the absence of a plan, this is how the police will operate
At the same time, agents will be subject to… Work calendar for 2004, which is one Currently in effect, which begins on December 19 and ends on January 6, weekends and previous holidays will be covered as during the rest of the year, in periods, the Csif representative explained.
Another alternative is to ask volunteers to work on weekends, as happened in the last three, although “No one signed up because there was no moneyRaposo continued. In this sense, the union representative explained that the current work cycles divide the body into four groups, so whoever is assigned to him works, but “the matter He points out that it is completely inadequate, as he leaves Unprotected neighborhoods or services like a bottle, since Local police employees “It cannot be extended any further,” he said. cunning.
In the same vein, referring to the Christmas lighting on Saturday, he noted that two years ago a “serious incident” occurred due to… Audience influx and staff shortage It had an impact on the number of events held in the city, which the Treasury delegate, Juan Bueno, estimated at 3,730 as of November.
In this regard, Bueno defended the city’s event management, as “Sevilla was up to the task, and our performance will not be too bad”, since then. There were no serious accidents This year, the government spokesman noted, blaming the PSOE and Podemos IU, that they are “not happy with the events that have eroded the government,” with the groups agreeing to say that Seville could die for success, because it does not have enough forces for the number of activities carried out.
Opposition reactions
For its part, the coalition of the International Federation and the Podemos Party confirmed that the submitted file contains “Account without credit, technical reports against The proposal puts the 2026 budget at risk because they did not know how to plan for 2025. He said that the mayor intends to “impose what must be negotiated,” stressing that “they will never find us there.”
In a similar vein, Fox criticized the government for bringing a motion to the plenary session “at the last minute,” accusing the delegate of “managing the matter.”Fast and running”, which had “too many loose ends”, which “cannot guarantee safety during the week, when the streets are also crowded”.
Likewise, the PSOE focused its criticism of the Sanz government on its policies ContradictionsThey stated a few days ago that Sevilla “were prepared to attend a fair Saturday match and the Copa del Rey final”, something they said contradicted an admission of “deficit” in the police force on these dates. He, in agreement with the rest of the opposition, denounced ignoring “procedures, budgetary capacity and collective bargaining.”