The municipal government team remains in the eye of the hurricane after what happened on September 29 in the Pisaca Fest and, proof of this, is that yesterday he had to face an almost monographic plenary session to give explanations to the opposition groups about the events that occurred at this youth event, where the permitted capacity of 800 to 1,500 people was exceeded, cases were recorded of minors in a state of intoxication, there was consumption of narcotics and, in addition, several brawls. All together with union complaints about the lack of police control that, according to the Local police In their report, they acted late because it was not considered a priority in the security plan.
Official reports, against reports from the private company in charge of the security of the facility, to which is now added that of the National Police.
This new report, to which DIARIO DE AVISOS has had access, states that the National Police did intervene in the Pisaca Fest together with the Local Police, both security forces proceeding “to the eviction of those gathered, mostly minors, without any notable incident occurring, subsequently carrying out preventive patrols around the perimeter and surrounding areas, returning to normality”, according to the report.
A document that justifies what has been argued so far by the municipal government group, which reiterated yesterday before the plenary session “that it was decided to advance the closing time of the party from 11:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to prevent any other incident from occurring.
However, in the opinion of the PSOE spokesperson, Patricia Hernández, “the lack of foresight on the part of the Corporation put the integrity and safety of those attending at risk” and for this reason – with the support of Vox -, the group The socialist party presented a motion requesting the creation of an investigative commission to clarify the causes and clarify responsibilities for the organization of this event, which was rejected with the votes of CC and PP.
Apart from the motion, the PSOE also posed five questions in plenary demanding explanations about the sale of alcohol to minors at the Pisaca Fest; excess capacity; the position of the City Council on the report of the public officials who participated in it; the permanent service of the Local Police in said event, and, finally, if the Corporation has communicated to the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office the events that occurred that day, which they once again described as “very serious.”
A battle of questions from the opposition that led the government team to respond orally before the plenary session and not in writing, as the mayor initially proposed. A fact that once again gave rise to the complaint of the socialist group as they felt their rights were “violated”, unleashing a new exchange of reproaches between the groups.
The socialist councilor, Florentino Guzmán, accused the Corporation of “lying” about the access control data for the event, in addition to “discrediting” the Local Police report by commissioning another counter report from the private company hired for security.
For her part, the Centro-Ifara district councilor, Purificación Dávila, stressed that “the security plan worked. It was a good plan and we acted correctly when the capacity was overflowing, moving the door assistants to limit access. I praise the exemplary work of the Local and National Police and the rest of the troops who helped in the evacuation of the event, as well as the company that did an excellent job when the closing of the party was ordered to be brought forward.”
In this sense, the Councilor for Security, Gladis de León, was also questioned by the socialist group, whose spokesperson Patricia Hernández demanded to know if the City Council had informed the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office of the events that occurred at the Pisaca Fest. In this regard, the councilor denied such action because “the minors have not been identified and there were no victims, only a case of alcohol poisoning.”
The National Police report states that “the event was classified by the police, in a previous planning meeting, as low intensity, with provision for family and youth attendance.”