Rathnait Mullen, spokesman for the Camposol Residents Association, has been in our town since 2003: sun, beach and tranquility were irresistible temptations to which he succumbed without imagining happy to be coming. Neither she nor any of the four thousand people who choose Camposol, urbanization largest Murcia, knew what was a 'certificate of occupancy', much less what was supposed to sign a deed which stated that Camposol would be led by an 'Urban Entity' after project completion. Rathnait has been given willingly to an interview during which we discovered that she and the rest are residents who have the most interesting questions and nobody seems able or want to respond.
What is your main goal?
Getting the certificates of habitability. Without them, it is assumed that the homes are still being built and that we should not be living there. To top it off we are paying the same taxes as any house 'legal' and even the city council puts us fines for building an annex, a wall ...
¿Por qué no podéis obtener las cédulas?
El Señor Blaya lo dejó claro en la reunión que tuvimos el trece de septiembre y en la que no pasamos de la primera cuestión, porque cuando le preguntamos qué planes tenía para Camposol, nos dijo que Camposol era ilegal, y ahí nos quedamos.
¿A qué se refería al decir que Camposol es ilegal?
Para que se legalice nuestra situación necesitamos que las infraestructuras se completen. Esto incluye carreteras, bordillos y caminos, el correcto funcionamiento del alumbrado público, placas con nombres de las calles en todos los sectores, una farmacia, un centro comercial en el sector D, police presence twenty-four hours a day, an ambulance station, a postal service in all sectors, and so on. Until then we can not obtain the certificates of occupancy, the document to certify that our homes are ready for occupancy. In theory, we should not be allowed to live in a house without a warrant, and companies should give us water and electricity contracts. There are people who have been living 'illegally' almost a decade.
But you have contracts with these companies ...
Yes, but do not know how it is possible. If companies do not give you the service without the card, and a house is not legal until you have the card, does that mean that our homes are already legal? All of this is unclear. Moreover Sector D residents still receive free electricity and water while there are people in the sector to pay the bills began eight years after he arrived at Camposol. With everything else is the same. Is
solve the problem once the ballots tuvierais?
Partly yes, but we do not want to be led by an 'Urban Entity' but it says in our scriptures. That would mean that we must pay our taxes to the Town Hall addition of a fee to the entity to take care of us and give us certain services that should give the City Council and citizens that we Mazarrón. Mr. Blaya made it clear that we would be led by an Urban Institution. At a recent meeting with Mr. James (PSOE), he also told us to leave the mayor, the City Council to be responsible of us and do what is in our writing. None of us knew what it meant for the 'Urban Entity' when we signed. We do not want that.
If it's in writing ...
We know. All we buy are guilty. I'm guilty: I fie of all, I came here with a blindfold on and not check anything before buying. But it is time to wake up. We have spent 500 million euros in our properties and we have to protect them.
What help have received from the Town Hall?
-laughs-No. Nothing at all. The City does not recognize our Association. Only recognizes the Sector A, an association of non-elected democratically and that only represents the Sector A. What happens then with sectors B, C and D?
Why only want to deal with the sector?
One member of the committee's Sector A has announced its intention vote for the PP in the upcoming elections and the rest are happy with the mayor.
There is a saying in English that says 'divide and rule'. Why not bond as the forces?
It's a long story. One must go back to 2003, when the building hosted an entity, appointing a lawyer, an administrator and a committee formed by residents of Sector A, ignoring the other residents. In September of that year they had to leave because the situation was untenable, the budget was ridiculous and that was a disaster. Then elections were held and seven elected representatives, all of Sector A. He was not involved the rest of the residents of other areas ... In addition, the Sector A does not suit them to join us because the mayor has told the City Council will be responsible for them while the rest will take care Urban Entity. We do not know why.
In one of your statements you say you see with good eyes the changed attitude of Mr Blay. What do you mean change?
Well, the mayor told 'Round Town News' that he is committed to Camposol, Mazarron we, who treats us as such and what already promised to us in his day: he would send a group of technicians to conduct a study on Camposol. But who is this group of technicians? What training do you have? At the moment we have not seen any technical or much less a computer.
How are the relations with the city at this time?
We have requested another meeting with the mayor to determine force compromise on MASA Group that their building plans coincide with the "Partial Plan" and thus legalize our situation. The next step is to get our certificates of habitability and press to join us for what we hope and that we must improve our security, our wellbeing and our quality of life. If the mayor is serious when says he wants help, we will gladly work with him.
You told the press that there are people who have become rich at the expense of the people of Camposol and that "now is the time to return it." What do you do?
Real estate, City Hall, MASS ... All have earned money with us. Now we want to give something in return. We want the City Council recognizes us, give us the services we need and stop ignoring us. We get to the bottom of this affair, who falls. We're not saying that this has been deliberate, but we need to discover how this disaster has happened. So far we have been flying blind, so we decided to see one of the largest law firms and prestigious in Europe and we have a team working for us.
have also said that you sought help because it was impossible to negotiate with all parties involved "when these parties have already made their own 'deal' between them" and talks of "trouble between powerful" and a "network of corruption" that escaped your mind.
Well, given the circumstances it is reasonable to think that. There may be some questionable arrangements. Contradictory information comes from many places, a lot of misinformation ... Everything is pretty difficult to understand.
MASS
Where is all this?
We have no connection with them. We know they have done well with some residents, but MASA does not talk to us. The truth, I do not talk to anyone MASS. It gives them all the same and do not seem to want to fulfill their commitments. The contracts say that if more than three months delay in the delivery of the house, we compensated, but this does not happen. The interior finishes are not finished, the walls fall, the doors sag, no streetlights in Sector D since June ... just ask something as basic as placing the lighting in the streets or build solid houses that we are not coming below.
Mazarrón
There are people who think that you have created your own political party.
Our association has nothing to do with any political party. Only one committee member of the association is part of the 'Partido de Mazarrón Representative', a party created by a English Camposol.
A Everybody knows that you are a mine of votes ... how many Camposol residents can vote?
In Camposol are aware of the fact that we have a lot of power at the polls and that this will come out in the upcoming municipal elections. From the head office in Murcia we received 4,500 letters so that we can vote. The problem is that only half have been delivered because the rest have addresses that are not yet in use.
So wrong
mail works?
- laughter - do not have postal service. Sector A mailbox has Camposol although we have no postal service. We do not know how they have done with them. Nor do we understand why take 15 € for the delivery of the key.
The rest has to go to the post office in Mazarron? All
not. We have already organized a kind of postal service. One of the residents visit the office daily and collects Mazarrón correspondence compensate him for expenses. Then again Camposol and organizes the cards in the back of one of our bars. We go there and collect the mail. If she fails to do so hundreds of people would have to move to Mazarron to try to rummage through boxes to find our correspondence.
Are there any services that you are not receiving but for which you are paying?
A local police used to be in an office in Camposol and saw him frequently during the first months, but we have not seen since the summer, so some of us are paying a private security service. Several patrols of two men and a dog walk our streets. Why pay fifteen euros per month, and those who pay for the service put a sticker on the windows of our homes. If something happens, who have the stickers are seen first, but this does not mean they will ignore you if you are someone you are not paying.
What is life all from Camposol?
Many people are afraid to act on the implications this might have. They fear to punish us for defying the Town Hall. Mazarron think that we are going to say "You decide to come here, so do not complain." Besides, there are fears that this devalues \u200b\u200bthe price houses. But we can not stand idly by. We want what is fair, no more, no less.
Do you feel cheated?
Yes Definitely.
Mazarronpress Interview
What is your main goal?
Getting the certificates of habitability. Without them, it is assumed that the homes are still being built and that we should not be living there. To top it off we are paying the same taxes as any house 'legal' and even the city council puts us fines for building an annex, a wall ...
¿Por qué no podéis obtener las cédulas?
El Señor Blaya lo dejó claro en la reunión que tuvimos el trece de septiembre y en la que no pasamos de la primera cuestión, porque cuando le preguntamos qué planes tenía para Camposol, nos dijo que Camposol era ilegal, y ahí nos quedamos.
¿A qué se refería al decir que Camposol es ilegal?
Para que se legalice nuestra situación necesitamos que las infraestructuras se completen. Esto incluye carreteras, bordillos y caminos, el correcto funcionamiento del alumbrado público, placas con nombres de las calles en todos los sectores, una farmacia, un centro comercial en el sector D, police presence twenty-four hours a day, an ambulance station, a postal service in all sectors, and so on. Until then we can not obtain the certificates of occupancy, the document to certify that our homes are ready for occupancy. In theory, we should not be allowed to live in a house without a warrant, and companies should give us water and electricity contracts. There are people who have been living 'illegally' almost a decade.
But you have contracts with these companies ...
Yes, but do not know how it is possible. If companies do not give you the service without the card, and a house is not legal until you have the card, does that mean that our homes are already legal? All of this is unclear. Moreover Sector D residents still receive free electricity and water while there are people in the sector to pay the bills began eight years after he arrived at Camposol. With everything else is the same. Is
solve the problem once the ballots tuvierais?
Partly yes, but we do not want to be led by an 'Urban Entity' but it says in our scriptures. That would mean that we must pay our taxes to the Town Hall addition of a fee to the entity to take care of us and give us certain services that should give the City Council and citizens that we Mazarrón. Mr. Blaya made it clear that we would be led by an Urban Institution. At a recent meeting with Mr. James (PSOE), he also told us to leave the mayor, the City Council to be responsible of us and do what is in our writing. None of us knew what it meant for the 'Urban Entity' when we signed. We do not want that.
If it's in writing ...
We know. All we buy are guilty. I'm guilty: I fie of all, I came here with a blindfold on and not check anything before buying. But it is time to wake up. We have spent 500 million euros in our properties and we have to protect them.
What help have received from the Town Hall?
-laughs-No. Nothing at all. The City does not recognize our Association. Only recognizes the Sector A, an association of non-elected democratically and that only represents the Sector A. What happens then with sectors B, C and D?
Why only want to deal with the sector?
One member of the committee's Sector A has announced its intention vote for the PP in the upcoming elections and the rest are happy with the mayor.
There is a saying in English that says 'divide and rule'. Why not bond as the forces?
It's a long story. One must go back to 2003, when the building hosted an entity, appointing a lawyer, an administrator and a committee formed by residents of Sector A, ignoring the other residents. In September of that year they had to leave because the situation was untenable, the budget was ridiculous and that was a disaster. Then elections were held and seven elected representatives, all of Sector A. He was not involved the rest of the residents of other areas ... In addition, the Sector A does not suit them to join us because the mayor has told the City Council will be responsible for them while the rest will take care Urban Entity. We do not know why.
In one of your statements you say you see with good eyes the changed attitude of Mr Blay. What do you mean change?
Well, the mayor told 'Round Town News' that he is committed to Camposol, Mazarron we, who treats us as such and what already promised to us in his day: he would send a group of technicians to conduct a study on Camposol. But who is this group of technicians? What training do you have? At the moment we have not seen any technical or much less a computer.
How are the relations with the city at this time?
We have requested another meeting with the mayor to determine force compromise on MASA Group that their building plans coincide with the "Partial Plan" and thus legalize our situation. The next step is to get our certificates of habitability and press to join us for what we hope and that we must improve our security, our wellbeing and our quality of life. If the mayor is serious when says he wants help, we will gladly work with him.
You told the press that there are people who have become rich at the expense of the people of Camposol and that "now is the time to return it." What do you do?
Real estate, City Hall, MASS ... All have earned money with us. Now we want to give something in return. We want the City Council recognizes us, give us the services we need and stop ignoring us. We get to the bottom of this affair, who falls. We're not saying that this has been deliberate, but we need to discover how this disaster has happened. So far we have been flying blind, so we decided to see one of the largest law firms and prestigious in Europe and we have a team working for us.
have also said that you sought help because it was impossible to negotiate with all parties involved "when these parties have already made their own 'deal' between them" and talks of "trouble between powerful" and a "network of corruption" that escaped your mind.
Well, given the circumstances it is reasonable to think that. There may be some questionable arrangements. Contradictory information comes from many places, a lot of misinformation ... Everything is pretty difficult to understand.
MASS
Where is all this?
We have no connection with them. We know they have done well with some residents, but MASA does not talk to us. The truth, I do not talk to anyone MASS. It gives them all the same and do not seem to want to fulfill their commitments. The contracts say that if more than three months delay in the delivery of the house, we compensated, but this does not happen. The interior finishes are not finished, the walls fall, the doors sag, no streetlights in Sector D since June ... just ask something as basic as placing the lighting in the streets or build solid houses that we are not coming below.
Mazarrón
There are people who think that you have created your own political party.
Our association has nothing to do with any political party. Only one committee member of the association is part of the 'Partido de Mazarrón Representative', a party created by a English Camposol.
A Everybody knows that you are a mine of votes ... how many Camposol residents can vote?
In Camposol are aware of the fact that we have a lot of power at the polls and that this will come out in the upcoming municipal elections. From the head office in Murcia we received 4,500 letters so that we can vote. The problem is that only half have been delivered because the rest have addresses that are not yet in use.
So wrong
mail works?
- laughter - do not have postal service. Sector A mailbox has Camposol although we have no postal service. We do not know how they have done with them. Nor do we understand why take 15 € for the delivery of the key.
The rest has to go to the post office in Mazarron? All
not. We have already organized a kind of postal service. One of the residents visit the office daily and collects Mazarrón correspondence compensate him for expenses. Then again Camposol and organizes the cards in the back of one of our bars. We go there and collect the mail. If she fails to do so hundreds of people would have to move to Mazarron to try to rummage through boxes to find our correspondence.
Are there any services that you are not receiving but for which you are paying?
A local police used to be in an office in Camposol and saw him frequently during the first months, but we have not seen since the summer, so some of us are paying a private security service. Several patrols of two men and a dog walk our streets. Why pay fifteen euros per month, and those who pay for the service put a sticker on the windows of our homes. If something happens, who have the stickers are seen first, but this does not mean they will ignore you if you are someone you are not paying.
What is life all from Camposol?
Many people are afraid to act on the implications this might have. They fear to punish us for defying the Town Hall. Mazarron think that we are going to say "You decide to come here, so do not complain." Besides, there are fears that this devalues \u200b\u200bthe price houses. But we can not stand idly by. We want what is fair, no more, no less.
Do you feel cheated?
Yes Definitely.
Mazarronpress Interview