The mayor of El Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Josep Femenia, appeared accompanied by the mayors of his administration to step up and emphasize its unwavering commitment to the fight against corruption. Femenia attributed to retaliation complaint lodged against him by the owner of the gas station 25 years ago built on undeveloped land. The Superior Court of Valencia ruled the partial demolition of the facility.
Femenía recalled that in September 2014 reported to the Civil Guard this employer for trying to bribe him. The courts are investigating the cause. "It was my obligation to transfer these events to the Civil Guard"Said the mayor, who lamented that now that owner accused of some irregularities,"not hold ".
The municcipe stressed that the complaint against him is administrative and does not raise even the slightest shadow of corruption, therefore, he believes that, "It has little tour and filed"In fact, Femenia has already appealed the request of the Prosecutor to investigate whether there is manifest enmity of this mayor with this businessman. In addition, he stressed that this accusation is not credible and said that if he had concealed the alleged attempt to bribe, he would have committed a crime The judge has given credibility to that alleged attempted bribe and, in fact, the case is pending trial.
He also remarked that when it comes to the gas station, he has never acted arbitrarily, instead, he fulfilled "scrupulously the law and judicial sentences”. He recalled that the Superior Court of Justice in the ruling that ordered the town hall to carry out the partial demolition of this installation, explicitly indicated that the water supply should be cut off. However, the businessman bases his complaint against the mayor on the fact that he is not given the water payment. In addition, the owner of the business maintains that the license to build a retaining wall has been denied, a fact that the mayor denied, since that permit has been granted.
The mayor insisted that the partial demolition carried out in 2014 was endorsed by the Supreme Court. The mayor's decree literally picked up what this court ordered. "It was a flawless performance and thus ratified the Supreme", Stressed the munícipe.
Femenia stressed that the judge of the court number three of Denia, is acting with prudence and in a very praiseworthy way. Therefore, he was convinced that after presenting the appeal in which it is made clear that there is no manifest enmity or that any action contrary to law is adopted, this procedure will be shelved.
The municipality carried out an exercise of transparency when announcing that this businessman has denounced it and pursues its imputation. "Would the world upside down"He valued recalling that the cause for the alleged attempted bribery continues. In that case, stated that "I am very calm, this maneuver does not give me any fear. It will not separate me even one millimeter from my obligation to serve my neighbors, to continue fighting to improve the quality of life of our people and to dignify politics by demonstrating that not all politicians are equal".
Finally, he revealed that the owner of the gas station the council now claims compensation for liability of 450.000 euros. "That claim has no justification. The decisions we have made regarding the gas station always responded to judgments and were supported by technical and legal reports. We have not prevented the employer continue its activity and therefore can not claim any lost profits"Said Femenía.
The conflict comes from old gas station and another businessman denounced license this business works, not the activity. The High Court gave the reason and found that the station was partially demolished. These works of demolition was carried out with Josep Femenia as mayor, although his predecessor in office, Josefa Ronda, already signed two decrees specifying the demolition work, which included the suspension hitch water.
