(From The Mercury, 28/1/2007)
Vitacura Mayor Raul Torrealba says he has no fear of accusations of his opponents, and says he does not mind being the "least popular guy." Flanked by two opposing groups of neighbors, said the debate on the construction of buildings on the avenue Escriva de Balaguer has accelerated unnecessarily.
usual these days the peace in an exclusive area adjacent to River Edge has been interrupted by the expectation around the figure of the mayor of Vitacura, Raul Torres.
The mayor must decide this week whether to accept the over six thousand signatures collected by the group "Save Vitacura" and convene a referendum to a vote of the residents a possible change to the Master Plan of the commune.
Since he became mayor last ten years, is the eighteenth time that the "trunk", as he says most of the world, faces the task of changing the urban landscape of a neighborhood. But so far, he admits, had not had to deal with a conflict such as that generated by the two neighboring sides vying for the future of a piece of Escriva Avenue.
Torrealba insists separated from the debate, but says categorically "El Mercurio": "I will not hold a plebiscite, definitive and clear, because it does not meet the requirements and background that law requires. "
Criticized for his alleged sympathy with the group of neighbors who want to sell their homes to developers interested in building eight blocks, Torrealba said to be at peace with their consciences, and insists that although it might be the "most popular kid" by calling a referendum, it will not.
-You say that the request for the neighbors to make the referendum is flawed in form and substance. What were the failures of shape?
-The Organic Law of Municipalities says it requires 10% of the register of the commune on 31 December last year, neighbors to sign before a notary public or civil official. In the species does not meet that requirement. Presented here copies of just over 6 000 companies and half have a notarial certificate, others have a different label. That takes one of the requirements.
- And in the background?
-The Act talks about a topic that can plebiscite is "the" amendment to the Master Plan and the call is to "any" change. That is to lay the municipality in a freezer. Plebiscites are to consult the law is to consult the opinion of very specific issues and this has not occurred.
ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ESTATE SIMONETTI:
Neighbors "Save Vitacura" have hinted that Real Simonetti, linked Torrealba's wife, Maria Soledad Simonetti, would be one of those concerned to change regulatory level Escriva de Balaguer. But according to the mayor, the company has not bought or buy a hectare in area.
- Are you ready for the charges against him will not be convened to announce the referendum?
"Absolutely. You can not live in fear. If the community through the procedure that the law is to amend the Master Plan, which has a lot of participation, says 'no', I is not going to hand though, not going to give me grief, because they are not my interests.
I have no interest in Escriva de Balaguer.
"But the family closeness with the owners of Real Estate Simonetti raises doubts among his opponents.
- Let the bastards take care of their charges of bastards and if anyone has anything to acknowledge it does not covertly, to go to the Attorney General and to make the complaint because it is very serious.
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