The Socialist deputy spokesman, Marisol Sanchez, has begun its hearing to express concern about the decision of the Mayor of Murcia on the creation of "IFEMUR (fair center in Murcia) which aims to become a regional reference and supra. The enclosure will be built next to the future science park in the capital, between Espinardo and La Nora and have a plot of 250,000 square meters. House explained that invite the Regional Government and major banks in the region to join this initiative and specified that the fair seeks to turn Murcia in the center of fairs, conferences and exhibitions from Malaga to Valencia and the whole area of ​​influence as it passes through Castilla la Mancha. "
Sanchez said that "the position of the PSOE in Lorca to this project is clear: if it is negative to the interests of the municipality, and more specifically FERAMUR, including a craft fair in the center of offer IFEPA located in Torrepacheco to 90 kilometers from Lorca, imagine what it may mean for the economic and commercial interests of our city capital building in Murcia, just 60 kilometers, an exhibition space with over 250,000 square meters will house exhibitions, conferences and exhibitions of all type, this would be the final blow to the offer of our town center "
The mayor has demanded Mr Lorca Ballesta, Minister of Universities, Business and Research and the Directorate General of Trade and Crafts to "bring order to this mess of fairs, and focus the resources of the Region in strengthening institutions and trade fairs existing. "
The Socialist councilor recalled that "the financial support from the government FERAMUR Regional has happened in just a few years from 60,000 € to 40,000 € and 40,000 € 10,000 last year 2011 and have not yet been charged. In defendant has the necessary financial support to FERAMUR, which currently lacks, by the Regional Government and the exclusion of the contest "Handmade" in the exhibition offer IFEPA, as this is a carbon copy of FERAMUR ".
Jódar Sanchez asked the regional government that "is dedicated to completing projects that we sell every year, but that never materialize: Paramount, Airport, AVE, Science Park in Murcia capital and financial resources invested in quadrupling fair institutions."
In this bluntly lorquina policy has called for "the Mayor of Lorca to stop being the" mindundi "Valcarcel, because the worst that can be in politics is a submissive mayor and do the same to his counterpart, Mayor Torrepacheco that , even though the PP, does not hesitate to defend the interests of his city and has positioned itself publicly against the creation of IFEMUR. Torrepacheco mayor has not hesitated to state publicly that Ifemur is not based on common sense and no no study that proves it is not the time to invest public and private resources to create new fairgrounds. "
Not surprisingly, the mayor Lorca has highlighted a study by the University of Murcia entitled "Feasibility of a new Regional Fairgrounds Character" which warned that "two major exhibition centers in the region were viable, indicating that IFEMUR become in the fourth exhibition center itself after IFEPA, Santa Quiteria in Lorca and fair Yecla. The study concluded that this represented an oversized model for a community center offering single province, resulting in the highest density of fairgrounds per inhabitant per km square ".
Sanchez ended his appearance emphasizing its demand to the Mayor of Lorca to stop being quiet and is positioned against IFEMUR and stop being a puppet in the hands of the Regional Government, betraying the interests of the city it represents.
Source: PSOE Lorca