The councillor from Seville has pointed out that the City Council is “studying” the possibility of taking legal action against the Government delegate in Andalusia and the deputy delegate in Seville if the encampment continues for the housing set up in Plaza de la Encarnación, in the vicinity of Las Setas.
In statements to the media, the mayor has detailed that the municipal legal services are analyzing different legal options to act directly against the main representatives of the central Executive in the autonomous community and in the province. “They have already been causing disruption for 35 days to shopkeepers, restaurateurs, and residents,” he stressed.
The first councillor has described as “unsustainable” the extension of the protest—which adds up to between 34 and 35 days—due to the “economic damage” that, as he has indicated, it is causing to businesses and hospitality venues in the area, in addition to the disruption to residents and the interruption of the municipal cleaning and gardening services. “Have them do it via telework and let them install the Christmas lights,” he reproached.
At the same time, he criticized the central Administration for the “lack of response” to eviction requests sent by the City Hall in a letter. “I already sent them a letter; now shopkeepers and restaurateurs have come out. I appeal for responsibility,” the mayor insisted.
From the municipal spokesperson’s office, the continuation of the encampment has been interpreted as a political use of the protest ahead of the electoral call of 29 November, and it has been demanded to put an end to the situation “as soon as possible” in order “to avoid greater harm to the local economic fabric and to guarantee the development of the Christmas programming,” which, as he warned, “will be delayed.”