The Mayor of Totana, Andrés García, expressed his intention to strengthen the relations of the institution with the associations and neighborhood groups of the municipality of Totana, and so has made it reach all of them through a letter.
The councilman has said that the trust deposited by the people is "a great responsibility, but it is also a challenge that we face with great enthusiasm and very hopeful."
Garcia Cánovas has said that "although starting from a very complicated situation, my commitment to honesty and closeness should contribute to achieve the objectives that lead us to achieve a dignification of the institution and an economic and social recovery to move forward towards a future best".
In addition, he recalled that two years ago a project was launched "whose banner is honesty, transparency and ethics", and urged the neighbors of Totana to trust because "from very complicated situations we have left."
"Little by little, among all, we will work to get Totana back to the right place, to fix the accounts of our City Council, create the conditions to create work and improve our quality of life," he added.
The mayor of Totana has stressed that "I believe in participation and transparency, for this reason we will encourage the participation of neighbors in the main decisions we have to take, with the neighbors being the real protagonists."
Andrés Gacía has indicated his intention to recover the figure of the Ombudsman, more neighborhood participation in the preparation of budgets, the creation of the Municipal Council of Transparency and the annual implementation of a debate on the state of the municipality to render accounts, among others Matters.
"Citizens have lost confidence in institutions and politicians, our responsibility is to do everything possible to regain credibility, because the separation between citizens and institutions is dramatic for coexistence, transparency allows citizens to observe us and how much The more they observe us the better we will behave, "he commented.
In this regard, he said that "we need a demanding citizenship, a different way of relating to neighbors and neighbors. Our municipality has a well-structured social fabric with deep roots that must be the basis for detecting demands, prioritizing projects and evaluating Policies. "
On the Municipal Council for Citizen Participation, he affirmed that "it can not be a vase to gather to get out of the way once or twice a year, but an instrument of permanent relationship between the institution and citizenship. I am convinced that if we propose this collaboration will be useful to improve the welfare and quality of life of the totaneros and totaneras.
