The Junts candidate for the mayoralty of Barcelona, Jordi Martí, presents himself as an alternative to the socialist Jaume Collboni and sets housing, security, and Catalan as the pillars of his programme for May.
The candidate of Junts for the mayoralty of Barcelona, Jordi Martí, presented himself this Wednesday as an alternative to the current mayor, the socialist Jaume Collboni, at an event in the Auditori de l’ESCI-UPF under the slogan Comença el partit, before around 300 people.
Martí expressed his confidence that he can win the elections in May and advocated for a city "where its people can live and dream".
"We do not want a showcase city, beautiful when you look at it and difficult when you inhabit it. Barcelona must be visited, of course. But above all, it must be lived"
Among the attendees were the former president of the Generalitat Jordi Pujol, former president Artur Mas, the president of the Parliament Josep Rull, the president of Junts, Laura Borràs, former mayor Xavier Trias, and the party's general secretary, Jordi Turull.
The mayoral candidate referred to Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, and Lluís Puig, saying that he would have liked to have them in the auditorium, and described the decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the amnesty law as a "great victory" for them and "for democracy".
On the municipal level, Martí outlined five commitments: the Catalan capital status of Barcelona and the use of Catalan, strengthening "security, coexistence, and civility", housing, support for entrepreneurs and traders, and a municipal management that he described as "well governed".
Regarding housing, he considered the housing crisis to be "the biggest wound of the city" and advocated for the construction of protected housing, providing more legal security to small property owners, and speeding up the construction of flats from the City Council.
The event served to showcase Junts' commitment to reclaiming the mayoralty of Barcelona in the May elections, with housing and security as the main points of confrontation with Collboni's government.
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