This Friday’s Barcelona has refused to recognize the Barcelona actress with the city’s gold medal. The proposal arising from its professional environment and supported by the government of the socialist mayor has only had the votes of Barcelona in Comú. Instead, they have voted against Junts, ERC, the PP and Vox. Collboni has lamented the result and has been offered to attend any recognition to the actress organized by her classmates.
The two independence parties have voted against the medal to Loles León for the same issue: their questioning of the policies of. From Junts, councilor Josep Rius has stated that his training does not question the trajectory of the actress, but has criticized that he does not share defense of the civic values of the society of Barcelona, and specifically the protection of the Catalan language: “It is against values and linguistic immersion.” In turn, Jordi Castellana, from ERC, has said that the actress has attacked linguistic normalization and has belittled one of the pillars of social cohesion, in addition to questioning the climate of tolerance and respect that Barcelona has.
The non -PP and Vox have argued their refusal to the granting of the medal as a non -municipal government for not agreeing on the medal proposals. Juan Milián (PP) has explained that his vote is not against León (although he has rejected the PP policies, he said), but against Collboni’s executive, who “believes he can impose what is of consensus.” Gonzalo de Oro (Vox) has acknowledged that it is a “great actress” that deserves consideration and that makes him laugh, but has rejected recognition for the little rigor that the City Council has by deciding the medals, since many other actors will not be able to receive recognition “for a political issue.”
Barcelona’s gold medals recognize people who “have stood out in the defense of the city, as well as in the defense of civic virtues and values,” according to the regulations “of honors, distinctions and recognitions of the city of Barcelona” of the City Council. In this case, it was proposed by his classmates, the PSC was his own and a previous vote passed in commission, in which some groups declined to vote and postponed the vote to the plenary. The proposal sought to recognize “the brilliant and extensive professional career, its contribution to Spanish and Catalan culture and its essential reference status within the entertainment world, both for its artistic quality and for its uniqueness as a public person.” Loles León has lived in Madrid for many years, but was born in the popular Barceloneta neighborhood.
From the Municipal Executive, the Medal of Culture has defended the Medal, which has valued the professional career of León: “Grant this is to honor Barcelona Rebel and Barcelona that has fought for Catalan.” The mayor has lamented the vote against the groups, because the interpreter deserved the recognition of the city, since it represents the performing arts and is one of the “daughters of the city.” On the part of Barcelona in Comú has defended the medal, Councilor Jess González, who has assured that León has left a “indisputable in culture” footprint, since he has represented his feminist and popular gaze of this.
In the same Plenary this Friday, the Consistory has approved to grant gold medals from the city to former mayors Joan Clos, Jordi Hereu, the two socialists, Xavier Trias (CiU when he ruled) and Ada Colau (Barcelona in Comú). Finally, he has also granted the gold medal to scientific merit to the oncologist Josep Tabernero.
