An anti-democratic act revealing the municipality’s strategy
Dear members, dear supporters, dear property owners of Planas del Rey,
On Thursday, February 24, our association’s representative was expelled from an official meeting at the Town Hall concerning the future of our urbanisation.
This expulsion is illegal, constitutes a denial of democracy, and raises a legitimate question: by what right does the Mayor of Pratdip exclude an association recognized as representative by the Barcelona Court in January 2020?
We are currently considering an appropriate legal response to this new abuse.
A criminal complaint already filed by our association
This reaction from the Town Hall seems to be linked to the criminal complaint filed on January 26, 2022 by our lawyer against:
- the Mayor of Pratdip, Joan Rovira Vernet,
- and the municipal Secretary, Izaskun Larroya Robert.
Why did it come to this? Here’s a reminder of the key events.
Patience severely tested
Since the dissolution of the EUCC by the TSJC on July 21, 2016, and until the complaint was filed on January 26, 2022, five and a half years passed. A period during which we showed remarkable patience.
- The Town Hall refused to provide the minimum public services, despite being legally obliged to do so.
- It continued to mislead property owners into believing the EUCC still existed, demanding illegal “charges”.
- Our urbanisation experienced numerous water cuts, including one that lasted three weeks during Christmas 2017.
- The wastewater treatment plant was shut down by the Town Hall in October 2017.
- General maintenance of the urbanisation was completely abandoned.
- Public lighting was cut off.
And yet, in May 2021, the Town Hall lost its appeal before the TSJC and was sanctioned. A final ruling it should have complied with immediately.
Unacceptable proposal to recreate an EUCC
Instead of complying with the court ruling, a few weeks later, the Town Hall proposed to recreate a structure similar to the EUCC with an initial budget of €103,000.
In exchange, public lighting would be restored. Sheer blackmail.
Faced with this unacceptable attempt, our association suspended all dialogue with the Town Hall until lighting is restored unconditionally.
A reparcelación project based on a non-existent EUCC
In November 2021, the Town Hall adopted a new reparcelación project worth 7 million euros, claiming that an active EUCC still existed. This is completely false.
We immediately filed a recurso de alzada to challenge this project. With no response from the Town Hall within the legal deadline, the appeal is deemed rejected.
A necessary change of strategy
Our lawyer then concluded that we had exhausted all administrative legal avenues. Faced with a Town Hall that tramples on court rulings and legislation, a new approach was required.
Thus, on January 26, 2022, a criminal complaint was filed with the Procurador against the Mayor and the municipal Secretary.
For the Asociación de Vecinos de Planes del Rei (SOSPlanes)
President, Gérard Marais
