Cehegín Mayor Jose Soria, and Councilman Celebration, Francisco in April, met in Madrid with numerous mayors affected by the veto of the Committee on Monitoring, Surveillance and Control of Collective Agreement Taurino, where they have decided not to yield to this pressure to keep bullfights are held in the streets of these towns.
Following this meeting, convened and coordinated by the session ceheginero the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces of the capital of Spain, has agreed to five days to lift the ban that prevents hold bullfights, arguing that " municipalities have no responsibility for the debts claimed, while the debts arising from the relationship between employers and workers in this sector. "
They also believe that "the Commission should take legal action against these employers debtors, a fact that has not yet been produced, instead of opting for measures of pressure disproportionate to the detriment of citizens to be deprived of seeing a show that is part of the tradition of their people. "
In addition, municipalities have announced that they "take legal action for reparation of the damage we are causing this situation, if the Commission has not replied to our request."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín