Cs denounces the "deterioration" of the advertising posters of the Yaiza works and requests their removal

Bruno Medina requests "a more forceful response against graffiti and vandalism", as well as "the creation of spaces for graffiti artists"

August 11 2020 (21:44 WEST)
Graffiti on advertising posters for municipal works in Yaiza
Graffiti on advertising posters for municipal works in Yaiza

Ciudadanos (Cs) has denounced this Monday "the deterioration of the large advertising posters of the municipal works of Yaiza" and has asked the municipal government to proceed to remove them "immediately".

In this regard, the municipal spokesman for Cs in the local corporation, Bruno Medina, explained that "the posters are in a deplorable state and full of graffiti", a fact that he considers "offers a terrible image of the areas where they are placed and that generates a great visual impact that harms the municipality." Therefore, and "in order to preserve the environment", he insisted on the importance of "eliminating these posters as soon as possible and actively pursuing these practices."

In this sense, he has asked the mayor, in charge of the Police area, to "transfer to the Local Police the need to carry out an investigation to identify the perpetrators of this type of practices that are proliferating, especially in Playa Blanca", as well as "a more forceful response to these acts of vandalism that damage the image of the municipality." "Other Local Police forces in Lanzarote have used expert calligraphers in this matter to find the authors of the same", so "Yaiza could follow this example", considers the Cs councillor.

"This is a problem that we have been suffering for some time, which continues to increase and is spoiling the image of the town and the municipality in general, in addition to "generating numerous costs of restoring the areas damaged by these vandals", Medina stressed.

For the Cs spokesman in the Yaiza Town Hall, graffiti is "totally respectable as a street artistic expression", although "as long as its authors do not appropriate public space without permission, as is the case with these signatures without any aesthetic value." For this reason, he has stressed the need to "offer alternative spaces that avoid as much as possible that these spaces become the target of their actions." Otherwise, "we will be forced to continue paying for the removal of graffiti, a complex and costly process", he concludes.

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