Jaén, (EFE) the programming of the Autumn Festival of Jaén.
The Councilor for Culture, María Espejo, from Jaén Deserves More, wields a technical report, to which Efe has had access. According to which “there is no open contracting file in this board of trustees. Neither verbal efforts made for his hiring since the beginning of this legislature. Nor have we been informed of the previous corporation of any start of hiring ”.
However, as reported by El País, the Department of Culture does maintain the concerts by Pablo López (September 15) and Raphael (November 25), within that festival. That they also lack a contract and that have been processed in the same way, by the electronic headquarters of the City Council.
surprise and puzzlement
The promoter Manuel Puentes, who has the rights to the theatrical tour of “Romero y Julieta Awake” in Andalusia, has shown EFE his “surprise and perplexity” at the cancellation of this show. Which premiered on April 15 at the Teatro Español in Madrid.
“An official called us to tell us that his councilor is not interested in Ana Belén’s performance. But no municipal official has given us any explanation,” says Puentes, also a promoter of the Pablo López and Raphael concerts.
Although the contract was not made official, Manuel Puentes understands that the request made at the electronic office, and the absence of a refusal resolution, are sufficient procedures to continue with the contract. Something with which the mayor of Culture disagrees.
Former Councilor for Culture José Manuel Higueras has assured EFE that at the end of the previous municipal mandate steps were taken to hire Ana Belén, and that the application through the electronic headquarters is the usual channel for this type of event.
nothing official
Ana Belén, in statements to El País, has pointed out: “How bad is censorship and how bad is the setback. What you have to do is vote and know very clearly what you are voting for”.
The mayor of Jaén, Agustín González (PP) has spoken this Wednesday on this matter and has told journalists that “there is nothing official about the work of Ana Belén, and we have found out from the press”, while defending ” keep out of respect” the concerts of Pablo López and Raphael “because there is something written and tickets have already been sold”.
The former mayor of Jaén Julio Millán (PSOE) has written on social networks: “Sadly, the right makes us national news again. The censorship of culture does not define our city. Culture sets us free. Depriving the people of Jaén of it in 2023 is not typical of a City Council ”. EFE