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For the First Edil, it is "an honor and a responsibility to assume this proposal of the Federation of San Clemente, for which I hope to live up to and contribute to continue enhancing and promoting these parties."

The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, will be the preacher of the celebrations of the patron of the city, San Clemente, as announced this morning, the president of the Federation of San Clemente, Luis Torres del Alcázar.

The president of the Federation of San Clemente, Luis Torres del Alcázar, explained that the election of Diego José Mateos as a preacher of these holidays is due to the fact that "the appointment of the patrons of the city formerly corresponded to the Council of Lorca, which today it becomes the City Hall, therefore from the Federation and the Brotherhood of San Clemente we have an unwritten tradition of appointing the mayor, who accedes to the position by will of the sovereign people, and this year following that tradition, falls Diego José Mateos, elected governor of Lorca last May. "

Torres del Alcazar has thanked Diego José Mateos for accepting this distinction, and has been sure that "it will be a proclamation full of emotion, being a person knowledgeable about these parties."

For his part, the mayor of Lorca said that "it is an honor and a responsibility to assume the proposal made to me from the Federation of San Clemente. On the one hand, an honor as it would be for any Lorca to be the preacher of the festivities of our city, and on the other, a responsibility, for which I hope to live up to the circumstances, contribute to continue enhancing these holidays and promoting them, since they have been growing over the years. "

Mateos recalled that "the municipal objective is to have cultural activity during the 365 days of the year, as well as the festive offer that Lorca and those who visit us need, to be able to give that dynamism to the city, and not be alive only in Week Santa or fair, but throughout the year we have quality celebrations and cultural activities.In addition, from the Federation of San Clemente they have the support of the Consistory, as it has been, to get the declaration of Festivals of National Tourist Interest, one of the objectives pursued by the Federation ".

As for the program of the San Clemente Festivities, Torres del Alcázar, has advanced that it "will be presented on Saturday, November 9, at the Palacio de Guevara and will be loaded with new features, such as the culmination of the pontificated layer of the Patron that they are making Lorquina embroidery machines and that will be offered to San Clemente, on November 21, starting at 8:30 p.m. in the Church of San Patricio, coinciding with the floral offering that the citizens of Lorca make to the Patron ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca