The striking Policía Local and Fire Service in Motril, who are refusing to do over time during Easter, have been replaced by cut-out Minions.
The municipal police union, SIPLG, are the people supplying and placing them around town as a way to emphasise that there a hardly any officers out on duty. They used the same Minion ‘stand-ins’ over in Salobreña last summer concerning policing disputes.
Mayor, Luisa García Chamorro, announced that during Semana Santa they would close the city-centre streets and would hire “volunteers to avoid incidents.”
The SIPLG responded by stating, “they will close down [central] street traffic and will direct the rest of traffic flow [using volunteers] even though they are calling it informing drivers.” In other words the volunteers will be officially only informing drivers as they don’t have the authority nor training to direct traffic.
The police union pointed out that directing traffic was the sole responsibility of trained police officers and expressed disbelief in what the Mayor was intending to do.
Editorial comment: the Mayor’s cabinet get their full salaries and expenses paid, but people who risk their lives putting out fires in homes don’t get paid overtime.
(News: Motril, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)
On the plus side, the cutouts are probably not going to assault you or steal your stuff
I seem to be stuck on the “Animal Farm” theme. Or is it part of an aspiring politician to be P.M. or President and still have the flow of corruption in your veins and mindset.
Correct me please; did the courts not order the payments to the Policia in Almuñécar, for years and years of unpaid overtime, which is worked for but monies not paid. And the person’s in charge,just went, “Ya boo. What you goner do?”
Until imprisonment happens to these morally corrupt officials. Nothing will change.