The Valencia City Council maintains the Equality award for Carlos Flores convicted of abuse but will change the bases

The Valencia City Council has decided to change the bases of the Beatriu Civera story contest, promoted by the council and aimed at promoting equality, “in order to ensure that what has arisen this year”, in which the national deputy has been a finalist for this award. of Vox and who was the head of this formation’s list for the Generalitat, Carlos Flores Juberías, convicted in 2002 of family violence against his ex-wife.

This was announced this Friday at a press conference by the mayor of Equality, Rocío Gil (PP), who indicated that this decision has also been adopted taking into account the report that the council’s legal advice has issued on behalf of the municipal officials. after learning that Flores Juberías was one of the finalists.

Based on this circumstance, the local corporation decided to suspend the delivery of the awards for this contest pending the aforementioned report, which was communicated this Thursday. Gil has also announced that this award will be celebrated publicly only with the winners, without the finalists having space in it and within the framework of the City Council’s Equality awards. “The Equality awards, the most important that this department has, will have a section to publicly recognize the winners of this contest,” he specified.

The council will publish all the texts awarded this year at the Beatriu Civera. “As the legal advice report establishes, the rules determine that the book of the short story contest must be published by both the winners and the finalists,” stated Gil.

The councilor explained that she has “spoken to both the winners and the finalists” to convey this fact to them and has indicated that “they have all given their consent to be able to include” Flores Juberías’ writing in this book. “Therefore, based on the agreement with all the finalists and winners and the consensus with them, they will be included in the book,” he added.

However, he insisted that the finalists will not be at the awards ceremony. Rocío Gil has announced that the book of stories will be delivered to them at the offices of the Equality Delegation or it will be sent “via ordinary mail or however they consider.” “We are in contact with all the finalists and we are talking to see how they consider doing it,” he added.