oh yes please, G ... and thank you!!
Meanwhile ...
Bankia has stopped three planned evictions in Tenerife, one of them the property of Carmen Omaña, the first of the hunger strikers in Santa Cruz. The spokesperson of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca de Tenerife announced the decision after a meeting between bank representatives and the man who is going to be heroized after this, Santa Cruz mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez. Sr Bermúdez yesterday pulled 1.5 million Euros out of the Ayuntamiento's accounts with Bankia and cut off all dealing with the bank on the part of the municipality.
Sra Omaña has said that she will accept the offer of moving to social housing with a flexible rent where her income, or lack of it, will be taken into account for rent assessment purposes. She expressed deep gratitude for the support she has received from the public. The bank tried to cover its back by insisting that these negotiations were not a platform for other cases, but specific to the people affected, but I don't think that anyone will believe that has any force at all. The bank has had to climb down, and it is thanks to the courage of Carmen Omaña, the other hunger strikers, and the mayor of Santa Cruz himself.
JA