The City Council of Ramales de la Victoria keeps the doors of the Town Hall closed this Wednesday, November 11, because the staff that carries out its work there has decided to take part in the general strike. In contrast, other public employees continue on duty, as is the case with Local Police agents, the mayor, César García (PSOE), has said to Europa Press.
At the same time, the agricultural county office located on the second floor of a municipal building in front of the Town Hall, on Paseo Barón Adzaneta, is providing service "with absolute normality," as the Minister of Rural Development, María Jesús Susinos, emphasized in an audio message sent to the media.
However, the minister has pointed out that the employees of this office have reported that "someone is closing the door of the municipal building" where they are located, so "they have to go down every so often to open it," but "they close it again," she denounced. For this reason, she wanted to tell ranchers and veterinarians that the staff of the agricultural county office continues to carry out its work "with absolute normality," except for this specific incident.
Regarding the rest of the offices, Susinos has indicated that all those in which minimum services have been set remain open, operating "normally" and during their usual hours, with the exception of the one in Cabezón de la Sal, which is closed because it coincides with its local holiday.
Mayor's criticism of Isabel Urrutia
In another matter, the mayor has launched an attack on the PP candidate for Congress and former Minister of the Presidency, Isabel Urrutia, who on Tuesday asked the Government delegate, Pedro Casares (PSOE), to ensure the provision of services in all public offices. Urrutia expressly referred to the closure of the Town Hall of Ramales, holding the mayor responsible, and extended that criticism also to the agricultural county office.
"It seems unbelievable that she was a minister," García stressed, who, in statements to this agency, rejected that said office is closed and clarified that its workers, just like the staff of the municipality's justice office, located in the Town Hall itself, have their own keys, so that "they can open and close it."