The
Elche
City Council has authorized the use of the '
burkini
' in the public swimming pools of the Alicante municipality as of June 18.
This is expressly stated in the Regulations for the Use of Municipal Sports Facilities, which includes all the regulations published to date and has been approved by the government team made up of the PSOE and Compromís.
On the other hand, that "swimsuits below the knees will not be allowed in public pools, nor garments that are not specific to swimming, except for specific and express authorization from the Department of Sports."
This rule, which vetoes Bermuda swimsuits and any type of street clothing for hygiene reasons, makes an exception to allow women to wear this garment that covers their entire body except feet, hands, face.
According to the government team, the burkini is an approved garment and, therefore, its use was already authorized, but now it is expressly included in the regulations that it can be accessed with garments below the knee if they are approved.
"Three years ago there was a controversy over the use of these garments, but as it is a bathing garment, no one who complies with the rules can be prevented from using the facilities," explains the Councilor for Sports, Vicente Alberola.
This decision from Elche takes a few days after the controversy generated a week ago in France because the
Grenoble
City Council approved the use of the burkini in public swimming pools, a decision that the French government threatens to block.
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