Mayor of Cartagena no longer has excuses to demolish Aquarela | THE UNIVERSAL



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The future of the Aquarela building is once again on the Dau government’s agenda. This time on behalf of a concept of the National Agency for Legal Defense of the State that reminds the Mayor of Cartagena of the current demolition order and that non-compliance with that measure could be classified as “fraud of judicial resolution”.

In the legal concept sent to the Dau administration on September 29, the Agency explains that “it is not required to adopt the demolition decision, since such order was issued in November 2018 by the competent district authorities.”

In the document you had access to The universal, the entity states that the building must be demolished in its entirety for legal and technical reasons. “The two-month period established in the resolutions issued by the competent authorities for restitution was fulfilled and technically, the proposals presented by Promotora Calle 47 SAS (owner of the work) did not provide security conditions such as to guarantee that there will not be a impact on the building and neighboring homes, given the extraordinary magnitude of the structural reform that is being carried out ”.

The National Agency for Legal Defense of the State indicates that the Mayor’s Office is the only authorized authority to carry out the demolition works. “Through any of its dependencies, this is due to the constitutional guarantee of the autonomy of the territorial entities and the attribution of competences carried out by article 315 of the Political Constitution and by the aforementioned legal norms”. Read: “I need a judge to tell me to knock down that building”: Dau

And they add “that the economic consequences of that decision be assumed by the offender, an amount that will be collected through a coercive collection process. In other words, all the expenses incurred by the District to achieve the demolition of the building must be assumed with the public budget but immediately charged to the offender ”.

“Study will be hired”: Mayor’s Office

After reviewing the concept, Myrna Martínez, head of the Legal Office, told La Wradio that Mayor William Dau has considered availing himself of the criteria set out in the document but is seeking agreement with the Ministry of Culture.

“We welcome the concept of Dr. Camilo Gómez, director of the State Legal Agency, who met with the mayor to share these recommendations with deference. Even the mayor has already arranged a meeting with the Minister of Culture to discuss the matter, ”said the official.

He added “This document of the Agency is given in the framework of an agreement that was signed this year, it is not binding but we have welcomed it and we have made all the reviews of the case since it is an important legal instrument.”

The universal He tried to contact the head of the Legal Office to find out other details regarding this new technical concept, but there was no response.

Experts have calculated that the demolition works of the Aquarela tower that stands in the Torices neighborhood, just 200 meters from the Castillo San Felipe, would have an estimated cost of $ 3,000 million.

The authorities in Cartagena must define which would be the most successful procedure to demolish this tower: a manual demolition or an implosion and according to the state “choose the contractor through the selection mechanisms established by law for this purpose.”



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