Macarena Olona, a deputy for Granada and secretary general of the VOX Parliamentary Group, asked today in the Congress of Deputies what measures the Government is going to take to alleviate the economic losses that the cancellations of Holy Week, the Day of the Cross and the Corpus Christi festivity, which will generate significant losses in the tourist, hospitality and commerce sectors of our city.
The VOX deputy for Granada, in coordination with the VOX councilors at the Onofre Miralles City Council, Beatriz Sánchez and Mónica Rodríguez, and the provincial deputy, Cristina Jiménez, have presented a series of questions to learn about the initiatives of the Executive in the face of the situation The people of Granada are suffering after declaring the state of alarm for the Covid-19 health crisis. "Easter, declared of International Tourist Interest," the Day of the Cross and the Corpus Christi Festivities attract millions of visitors each year and represent a fundamental income for the city in the strategic sectors of the economy, "something to which that PSOE and Podemos seem alien.
Due to the importance of the celebration of its Holy Week, the Day of the Cross and the Corpus Christi Festivities for Granada, Macarena Olona demands that the Government “promote urgent measures to help tourism, the hospitality industry, the service sector and the Granada trade to cope with the economic loss derived from the cancellation of these celebrations ", measures that must be aimed at safeguarding the employment of Granada and optimistically face the future of our city.
Beatriz Sánchez Agustino, VOX councilor at the City Hall, has highlighted the importance of “helping the tourism, hospitality and commerce sector in these difficult times. From the municipal group of VOX we will work to launch the necessary initiatives that strengthen the Granada economy ”.
Suspension of celebrations and parties in Granada.
The Royal Federation of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods of Holy Week in Granada, after agreement with the Archbishopric of Granada and the City of Granada, decided to cancel the Holy Week processions in the capital following the recommendations of the health authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as there are sufficiently justified public health reasons for this.
Likewise, on April 16, 2020, the Granada City Council released a statement informing of the suspension of the Day of the Cross on the street, a party that attracts thousands of visitors every year from all over Spain.
On April 21, on the other hand, the City of Granada and the Federation of Associations of Traditional Booths of Granada agreed to suspend the celebration of the Corpus Christi 2020 Festival, scheduled for next June, as a decision framed within the set of measures adopted throughout the country since the declaration of the state of alarm to slow the advance of COVID-19 and prevent its spread.
In agreement with the archbishopric of Granada, the suspension of the traditional Corpus Christi procession was also decided, although the celebration of a Eucharist in the Cathedral will continue. The suspension of this Corpus Christi 2020 is global and affects both the activities that take place in the Almanjáyar fairgrounds and all those promoted by the City Council, such as La Tarasca, the altars or flower pots competitions, the proclamation of the casetero, the limericks and carocas exhibition, the concerts and activities in the Consistory courtyard or even the extraordinary lighting. Also, the bullfighting fair is suspended, the most important bullfighting event of the year in the capital of Granada.