Guayaquil’s City Hall will make a Memorial Wall to Febres-Cordero

Through a press release, Guayaquil’s Mayor, Jaime Nebot indicated today that a memorial wall will be impersonate temporarily the bust that was expected to be placed in the neighborhood Las Peñas, a downtown heritage area in Guayaquil.

The decision follows the legal impediment to the placement of the monument to Leon Febres-Cordero (5.4 by 2.4 m wide) in the neighborhood of Las Peñas.

Yesterday Manuel Prieto, Judge VIII for the Criminal Guarantee of Guayas, accepted an appeal filed by the Revolutionary Youth groups Diabluma and PAIS, arguing that the sculpture would be rised in a spot inside the city regarded as cultural heritage and because of “the irrelevance to the history of the city”.

The Council said that they will appeal judge Prieto’s ruling, considering that he violated the rights and powers of the City Hall to decide where to place a sculpture.

(BG)