As tradition dictates on Fadrí Day, Calpe has a new mayor. This morning, 18-year-old Maties Pastor Font became the town's new mayor after being handed over the baton by Mayoress Ana Sala. And although it will be for 24 hours, he has prepared a programme of measures that will be in force throughout the day.
The new mayor addressed the audience from the balcony of the Town Hall - members of the committee and citizens - and pointed out first of all that: ‘although I am the “fadrí” mayor, it is the fifth of 2006 who governs, and he said “it is a source of pride to be mayor of my town and to represent my fifth”. And among the proposals to be implemented by his government team, he announced the abolition of the time limit established by the mayoress to regulate the activities of the ‘peñas’ or ‘casales’ of fiestas that have been taking place for some years. Also, due to the drought situation, the suppression of fountains such as the recently installed filtered and refrigerated drinking water fountain in the Plaza Constitución, for which he encouraged people to drink ‘cerveza a gogó’, as well as the installation of escalators for the Avenida Gabriel Miró, among other proposals.
Maties Pastor closed his speech by inviting the whole town, citizens and visitors to enjoy the intense programme of events prepared by the festival committee. He then held the first plenary session of his mandate with the appointment of his government team.