Paraguay
Carapeguá mayoral candidates presented proposals and signed a commitment for Cerro Bogarín
In a debate organized by religious and university institutions, Juan Aurelio Bobadilla Sánchez and Jordán Moisés María Espínola Collar presented their government plans. According to ABC Color, at the close of the event residents promoted a commitment to improve the historic hill.
The candidates for the mayoralty of Carapeguá, Juan Aurelio Bobadilla Sánchez, from list 4 of the Juntos por Carapeguá Alliance, and Jordán Moisés María Espínola Collar, from list 1 of the ANR, took part in a public debate in which they presented their main government proposals before residents, students, teachers and local leaders, according to ABC Color.
According to that outlet, the event was held at the Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María and was organized by the Social Ministry of the Parish of Carapeguá, the Catholic University Pedagogical Unit of Carapeguá and the Universidad Nacional de Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Carapeguá campus. The meeting sought to provide a space for dialogue and citizen participation on equal terms ahead of the municipal elections on October 4.
ABC Color detailed that Bobadilla outlined among his priorities a strategic road plan, permanent road maintenance, the creation of a municipal machinery workshop and a municipal factory for pipes, curbs and culverts. He also proposed developing the wetlands tourist route, installing a monitoring center with smart cameras, improving lighting, preventing addictions, creating an industrial logistics park, promoting Carapeguá as a sports city and launching a Municipal Institute of Arts with plans for a municipal theater.
Still according to ABC Color, Bobadilla said his project aims for a government with planning, transparency and the capacity to promote local economic and productive development.
In Espínola’s case, the newspaper said he proposed an administration with clear accounts, citizen oversight and a more efficient municipal management. Among his initiatives, he mentioned the creation of a Directorate of Handicrafts and a registry of women artisans, an IT system to market handicraft products, support for producers to access tractors and machinery, a municipal nursery, family organic gardens and cobblestone paving works at an announced cost of G. 55,000 per square meter.
ABC Color added that Espínola also focused on improving roads in communities and rural areas and on the recovery of Cerro Bogarín, with access improvements, perimeter fencing, planting of native species and actions to restore flora and fauna. According to the outlet, the candidate proposed turning that space into a recreational and tourist site with economic impact for the city.
At the end of the debate, the president of the neighborhood committee Gestión Ambiental del Cerro Bogarín, Adrián Almada, handed the candidates a folder with a commitment letter linked to the improvement of the hill, ABC Color reported.
During the opening, the general director of the Catholic University Pedagogical Unit of Carapeguá, priest Cirilo Martínez, stressed the importance of politics being at the service of citizens. According to ABC Color, he said the Church does not seek political power, although it can contribute ethical principles linked to human dignity, social justice, peace and care for the most vulnerable sectors.
For her part, the dean of the Universidad Nacional de Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Carapeguá campus, Marta Sánchez, highlighted the joint work between the Church and the universities in organizing the event and stated, according to ABC Color, that academic institutions should not remain indifferent to the democratic and institutional processes of their community.
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