Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Municipal Assembly of Porto chumba audit the Rivoli proposal … – Reuters

Municipal Assembly of Porto chumba audit the Rivoli proposal … – Reuters


 
 The Municipal Assembly of Porto refused the proposal of the CDU for carrying out “an audit of the way the Rivoli Theatre was managed” by director Philip La Feria and was criticized by the current director of that room.
 
 

The PS has joined the PNP, independent group affection Rui Moreira, and PSD, declaring himself unavailable for a “witch hunts” and contributed to the proposal was again sinker, as was done at a public meeting of the Executive

Note that the proposal received 10 votes against:. CDU four, two of the Left Bloc and four of unknown origin, that because the Municipal Assembly of Porto ended with the vote by show of hands and debuted an electronic system, which indicates only the votes in favor and against and abstentions.

In the debate on the proposal, the leader of the PNP, André Noronha, contended that «an audit has to be the foundation of a political decision, good or bad, is taken.”

“It’s not worth walking to riding this tired old mule” he added.

The PSD also criticized the initiative of the CDU, claiming that this political force “wants a settlement of accounts with the past.”

The Social Democratic Congressman Luis Artur censored then the artistic director of Rivoli , who said in an interview with daily Público, the theater “has not been well maintained” and was left “in very poor condition by Filipe La Feria” and criticized the “lack of a cultural policy ‘in the city in recent years.

“The statements of the artistic director were at least unfortunate,” said Luís Artur, whereas Tiago Guedes, “as an employee manages the theater.”

“To take policy positions are here the political bodies, “added the elected social democrat, who then asked the alderman (Culture, Paulo Cunha e Silva) ‘subscribes’ what Tiago Guedes said.

Rui Moreira stressed that already had clarified the position of the House on the subject and spoke no more about it. “Neither I nor the alderman we review the statements of Tiago Guedes,” said the mayor after the last public meeting of the Chamber, where the CDU first presented its proposal.

The CDU, through Mrs municipal Sara Santos, Luís Artur responded saying that “unhappy or not, the statements of Tiago Guedes, matter whether they are true or not.”

Although the cultural, municipal deputies approved, with a vote against and two abstentions, the recommendation that is attributed to American director Oliver Stone the medal of honor of the city. Stone moves to the Port under the Douro Film Harvest Festival

Lusa with Digital Diary

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