Alicante (EFE).- The candidate of the EU-Podem confluence for mayor of Alicante, Manolo Copé, explains to EFE that “the phrase ‘Alacant, la millor terreta del món’ must be made real” through a city that be “friendly, green and cultural” and consider Twitter to be the best social network “if Elon Musk doesn’t endanger it”.
Copé, a priest for two years and a cooperator for another three, will be number one on a list that brings together Esquerra Unida, Unides Podem and Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià and that seeks a greater weight of the left in the elections on May 28 to to be able to unseat the PP from the mayor’s office hand in hand with the PSPV-PSOE and Compromís.
QUESTION: Define your city in one sentence.
ANSWER: I love the phrase ‘Alacant, la millor terreta del món’. Now you have to make it real.
Q: If you were to become mayor, your first step would be…
A: Repeal the “ordinance of shame” and organize an audit of the city (by sector and by neighborhood) from citizen participation to lay the foundations for the future of the city. I know there are two, but they are the previous ones that we have in our government proposals.
Q: Three words with which you would like to define your city at the end of your term.
A: Friendly and caring city (worthy of being loved, which cares for the most vulnerable groups); welcoming and inclusive (which is nice); green and cultural (which increases its tree mass, which reforests the area of the castles and with a green lung in the center that pacifies noise and traffic, as well as relevant for its cultural offer).
Alicante, a privileged setting for the Republic and the Civil War, according to Copé
Q: What series would you like to see filmed in your city?
A: One that would recreate the events in our city after the 1936 coup and the subsequent civil war. Historical events such as the bombing of the Central Market or the last exiles from “Stanbrook” make Alicante a privileged setting for the Republic and the Civil War.
Q: Are you an active person on social networks? Which do you prefer?
A: Well, not excessively active, but I do like to share and be connected with people that distance makes us far away or with whom I tend to interact less regularly. Now I use them a lot more for the pre-campaign and campaign, since they are also loudspeakers. I prefer Twitter because I think it is the most efficient for communication, if Elon Musk doesn’t endanger it.
Q: What is your favorite part of the campaign? What is Copé most excited about these weeks?
A: The favorite part and what I most want is the meeting with the people and organized groups of this city: it is the human part of politics, the one that gives it meaning and the one that enables spaces for dialogue and listening.
The entry Copé (EU-Podem): Hay que hacer real that ‘Alicante is the best land in the world’ was first published in EFE Noticias.