The Legislation Commission of the body decided to sign the initiative of Fabián Bravetti, councilor of the National Party.
The Legislation Commission of the Departmental Board of Montevideo decided to archive the project that sought to prohibit the placement of political posters for electoral purposes in the department, and that was promoted by part of the councilor of the National Party (PN), Fabián Bravetti.
In the last hours, the nationalist councilor assured Telemundo that he was aware that the project would generate “resistance” inside the capital’s Departmental Board.
“It was going to be a project that was going to generate resistance, not from the people, not from the common citizen who sees that the billboards are useless and that they only dirty the city, but from many in the political system who do politics the old way. custom,” said the young PN politician.
Along the same lines, he pointed out that the sectors that opposed dealing with the project “have political and militancy traditions that have become outdated,” and that “they are not willing to change” the current regulations.
“We cannot dirty the city if later we are going to ask for improved cleanliness”
“If we want a clean city, if we want clean campaigns, we cannot be the first to go out and dirty the city, if later we are going to criticize and ask for improvements in cleanliness. We cannot not be consistent with that,” said the target. , in reference to its political strength and the other parties in the coalition, due to the questions about the management of the Mayor Carolina Cosse regarding waste collection.
“We know that this is something that is difficult to understand in all sectors,” said Bravetti, who admitted feeling “disappointed” by the refusal to deal with the project.
Bravetti’s initiative had been presented last February, and proposed fines that could be imposed on individuals or the political parties themselves. The sanctions ranged from 1 Resettable Unit (UR) for each poster and 4 UR for graffiti without authorization. In the case of placing posters on garbage containers, street pavements or monuments, the fines could rise up to 20 UR.
Source: Ambito
