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Espai Veïnal Cabanyal has denounced this Tuesday the fines for a total amount of 4,200 euros imposed on La Lusitana Tasca, a restaurant located in this Valencian neighborhood, and the Xarxa d'Aliments of the neighborhood entity "for distributing food to the needy families of Cabanyal during the state of alarm". The mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, has announced on social networks that the sanctions will be reviewed "and action will be taken in accordance with the law and humanitarian logic."

In a video released by this association on social networks, the owner of the restaurant, Javier, explains that when he was forced to close by the declaration of the state of alarm, he realized that he had "a lot of food in stock and wanted to donate it to groups and vulnerable people in the neighborhood. "

For this reason, he continues, he contacted the Red Cross, the workers of the neighborhood health center and the Local Police "to see what was the best way to carry it out."

"And so we did," says the owner, who explains that on March 17 they distributed 84 rations of food to families derived from the Brúfol and Espai Veïnal association who came to the premises every ten minutes. One representative per family "maintaining a safe distance" while they were wearing their PPE, he added.

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At 4.30 pm, according to his account, they finished the distribution and the Local Police arrived "with a threatening tone, telling a fellow volunteer to stop being a good Samaritan" and himself that he was going to close the business. "We were not doing any illegal activity, the BOE contemplated it, the policeman said that he did not care what it put in the BOE and that if we did not have permission from the Government Delegation we could not do such a thing," he says.

Javier assures that during the pandemic they have continued to use the restaurant as a storage and distribution point for donated food and has denounced "the abuse of authority", while asking the Valencia City Council "to realize that it was a mistake "because what they have done" is to help people who had nothing in the Cabanyal. "

Araceli, a social worker at the Serrería I Health Center, also explains in the video that she has always worked with the neighborhood associations and was "aware prior to the facts that this distribution was going to be made" and how it would be carried out, according to the law, which it asserts was fulfilled.

"I myself have referred many families to assist them from Brúfol and Espai Veïnal before and after that moment," he says, and considers that "surely the administration does not know the facts well" when it comes to sanctioning these actions.

For her part, Lorena, a resident of the neighborhood and a collaborator of the associations, has denounced "totally unfair fines" since she is penalized "for offering mutual support and solidarity between neighbors, for offering food to the most vulnerable people" in the area. .

After the publication on social networks, Internet users have launched a petition on Change.org to annul the fine due to the "injustice" it entails.

On Twitter, the mayor of Valencia has spoken out about this fact and has stated that "it makes no sense to fine those who distribute solidarity." "It seems that the sanction took place in the first days of confinement, when the indications of the health authorities were being defined. The facts will be reviewed and action will be taken in accordance with the law and humanitarian logic," he asserted.

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