To the Mayor of Valencia, Maria Jose Cataladid not like at all the canvas that the Valencia Provincial Council installed last week on the facade of the bullring. “Things are sometimes good or bad, better or worse ideas depending on the context,” he said on Monday.
Thus, he considered that “something that was intended as a joke or a question to generate the effect that the initiative actually has, perhaps in a different political context is more or less fortunate.”
Catala made these statements after his presentation The new comprehensive center for preventing violence against women From Valencia, he was asked about the poster that the regional company displays on the main façade of the bullring it relies on.
The bullring woke up last Wednesday with a white cloth covering the facade from top to bottom. In it you can read a clear message in black letters: “Let it come, let it come, let the light come…” The text says. Below is the logo of the provincial council.
These are some verses from L.’s song Valencia hill group. The message, which reads innocently, can be understood as a simple reference to works to improve the lighting of the square: “Let the light come.”
In fact, the installation of this painting coincides with the final touches of these works, as the new lighting is scheduled to be launched soon. The works began last June, and the goal is to implement modern LED technology. For this reason, the Valencia Provincial Council has invested nearly one million euros.
But for those who know how the song’s lyrics go, it’s not just a message about the lighting system. The song itself is about the “mayor of the city.”
For this reason, the phrase reflected on the canvas continues with the letter a Appeal to the mayor: “Let the light come, let the light come, and they will defeat the mayor at what he does; the bigs are planted and the light will come, and the mayor will go to Panama.”
As the song suggests, it’s a message that’s not particularly sympathetic to the mayor. As one might say in Valencian colloquialism, these verses command the mayor “Affre la ma”. In this case, if that’s how the Valencia Provincial Council plate is interpreted, then it is Letter to María José Catala.
“I know the hill, I know their words and I know the words to that song exactly,” said the first mayor, who alluded to the words spoken by the local team’s spokesman at City Hall. Juan Carlos CaballeroHe said last Friday when asked about this issue: “The lack of lights is a serious problem… and that is why there are ongoing works in the square.”
“I think the government spokesman already said on Friday what we had to say and I stand by his words: the lack of lights is a problem,” Maria José Catala said.
When asked if this lack of light was happening in the Valencia Provincial Council – led by Vicente Mombo, who is also president of the People’s Party of this province – the municipal official replied: “In the bullring in general.”
Likewise, when asked whether the regional corporation had spoken with the city council about placing that sign, as sources from the regional council had indicated, Catala said “it is true” that Mumbo “tell him he’s going to put up a sign.”
After that, the mayor considered that “things, sometimes, are good or bad, a better idea or a worse idea, depending on the context as well.”
“So something that was meant to be a joke, or a question to generate the impact that the initiative actually has, maybe, in a different political context, is a bit fortunate,” he added.
“I think that in politics sometimes it is not what is done that is important, but when it is done,” Maria Jose Catalla emphasized, referring to the moment the Philippine People’s Party is experiencing after the resignation of Carlos Mazón as president.
The regional authority placed the sign in the works carried out in the bullring and in renewing its lighting.