The intense controversy aroused by the mayor of Premià de Dalt (Maresme), Josep Triadó, when announcing that the City Council he presides over would hire the company Desokupa, whose extrajudicial methods of evicting occupied homes are also highly controversial, has led both parties to opt for terminate the consulting contract.
Josep Triadó has opted by mutual agreement not to hire Desokupa to fight against the occupation mafias, given the pressure received, not only from his own party, Junts per Catalunya, but also from the PSC, with which he shares a government, which put The continuity of the municipal pact is at risk. "I regret that the debate has focused more on ideology than on the need for more security," says Triadó.
The mayor of Premià de Dalt, however, remains willing to reinforce the safety of his neighbors with all the resources at his disposal, who at a private level "have shown me great support". This includes the advice of the Desokupa company if the local police deem it appropriate at an opportune moment, since the company has offered to do so free of charge.
Faced with what the Premià de Dalt City Council fears most, the foreseeable arrival of mafias from Eastern countries that, taking advantage of the darkness from six in the afternoon with the change of time, to establish themselves in empty houses, just as they They have alerted various police information, they will reinforce the night service with eight night watchmen distributed in various areas of the municipality, they will double the police patrols and they are already working on the installation of a second crown of video surveillance cameras
Precisely, the councilor of the PSC, Ginés Marín, who in turn is a Security Councilor, as La Vanguardia has learned, received clear instructions from the leadership of the socialist party to prevent this hiring and, if formalized, take a more drastic decision. . Party sources have admitted that they claimed to terminate the contract, publicly communicate their disagreement with the hiring and if there was no agreement, the candidacy could even have been modified for 2023.
Triadó's decision has received harsh criticism, but also support, such as that of the regional president of JxCat, Carles Bosch, who has supported "municipal autonomy on issues that they know better than anyone else." In the same way, in the population the debate is favorable to "the more security mechanisms that are implanted" they assure from the City Council. The positive reading of the controversy, according to the mayor, "is that it at least serves to speed up the tightening of the law."
