In the coming days the Distinguished Services Diplomas of the city of Lorca will be made public in an act will take place next Friday, October 22 at the Teatro Guerra.
The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, announced this morning who will be recognized with the Gold Medal of the city, an award that is awarded on the occasion of the day San Clemente, Patron of Lorca.
Mateos has informed of the "beginning of the approval file of the city's Gold Medals, after being approved by all the members of the Corporation, by all the spokesmen of the municipal groups".
The First Edil has detailed that "this year, as stipulated in the regulations of honors and distinctions of the City Council of Lorca, a medal will be awarded to a natural person and a medal to an institution. In this case, the institution will be the Civil Guard, singled out in the position of the company of Lorca, and precisely this year marks the 175th anniversary of its creation.Professionals who have had participation beyond their obligations such as floods or earthquakes and, by all of this, I have agreed and obtained the unanimous support of the Municipal Corporation so that the body is recognized with this distinction. "
And, on an individual basis, as a natural person, the Gold Medal of the city to the bullfighter José Jiménez Alcázar, 'Pepín Jiménez', has also been approved unanimously, for his merits and for the 'lorquinismo' that he has always shown and that it has been a showcase of art and good art not only throughout Spain but throughout South America bearing the name of Lorca by flag ", detailed Mateos.
The mayor has announced that "in the next few days the Diplomas of Distinguished Services of the city of Lorca will also be made public and all of them will be awarded in the solemn act that traditionally takes place at the Guerra Theater and which will foreseeably be next Friday, November 22 ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca