Agents of the Municipal Police of Girona protested this Monday afternoon in front of the Town Hall against the decree that forces them to work overtime signed by Lluc Salellas, mayor of the town, just before the start of the last Sant Narcís Fires.
The scenery proposed by about fifty members of the police force, just before the municipal plenary session, consisted of being dressed as slaves - about six of them - from Roman times, with tunics and chains, and they began to pull a cart through the Plaza del Vi which had two posters hanging with the number of the decree that Salellas signed.
On top of the carriage was another agent acting as the slaver and carrying a cane that symbolizes the staff of the mayor and which ordered the slaves to silence when they spoke out. The rest of the Protestants wore a black t-shirt that read 'Lluc I The Decretator', in reference to the mayor, whom they accuse of forcing them by decree to work overtime.
Although this has been the most ingenious protest by the group of municipal police to date, it has not been the only one. Last November and they demonstrated in front of the doors of the plenary session with whistles and whistles.
Soraya García, spokesperson for the SIP-Fepol union, has made it clear that this decree has been approved against the will of the body. García also charges against the Girona government, formed by Guanyem, JxCat and ERC, accusing them of being "inactive" due to the lack of personnel and workload carried out by the municipal agents. "We are not paid with what we believe is fair, which is our availability," the spokesperson concluded.
