A mural of the coordinator of Bajada del Ebro, which demanded the cleaning of the river, was vandalized with graffiti reading “Gora ETA”. Before the traditional drop last August, which reached its 42nd edition this summer, two members of … the association deleted itwith the aim of preventing the appearance of pro-terrorist graffiti during the party and restoring it to its original state.
The surprise for this group was when the Miranda de Ebro Town Hall decided to impose a fine of 750 euros on the members of the association who decided to paint on it, according to ‘El Correo’. On August 26, while carrying out the cleanup, two local police patrols – nine officers in total – appeared to take a few minutes and open the sanction file.
Although they recognize that they did not request authorization from the Consistory, governed by the PSOE and Podemos, they regret that “is considered a serious offense” the fact, punished with a fine of 1,400 euros.
Collection to pay the fine for removing an ‘ETA gora’ in Burgos
Above all, they say in statements to ‘El Correo’, when their only intention is achieve a clean riverwhat the socialists committed to with Ganemos – the Podemos brand – in their government agreement, but which they are not respecting. “In response, the municipal bureaucratic apparatus imposes a fine on us,” they denounce.
The association has decided not to appeal in order to benefit from the reduction for rapid payment – which involves paying half of the fine: 700 euros – but it intends to recover the amount paid via the development of a solidarity calendar and they plan to place piggy banks in the businesses of Miranda de Ebro. According to the Coordinator, after the sanction, they informed the government team of the situation and that they did not want it “to look like this on Bajada Day”, confident in its cancellation. However, this did not happen.
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