Despite the rain and cold, many of the mobilizations planned to protest against the Government’s restrictions on sport went ahead. Sport has said enough and yesterday it was wanted to be noted for complaining about the new measures that prevent amateur sport in closed venues can be practiced, at least, until next Monday, January 18th.
La Bisbal d’Empordà -where a hundred people gathered-, Riudellots de la Selva and Santa Coloma de Farners were the towns in Girona where a good handful of athletes, coaches or fans came in front of the pavilions of their municipalities to claim their rights. The one that was supposed to be the big concentration in Girona, the one in Palau, was postponed due to the weather conditions. Thus, the demonstration that was scheduled for yesterday in front of the Palau pavilion, will finally take place next Saturday 16 January.
The Enough is Enough platform, promoted by different coaches, athletes and Girona organizations, has already gathered almost 10,000 signatures in a few days. They demand that the sports sector be treated in the same way as other sectors. That is why yesterday they gathered in front of pavilions across the country to defend that sport is a safe practice despite the pandemic, and that leaving children untrained can harm them. Children and young people are the ones who are paying the most for the restrictions carried out by the Government since the start of the season. Since September, they have been changing and putting in place new measures that have prevented the start of almost all competitions, now all stopped. In addition, it has not been possible to train continuously.
The organization says they are “very happy with the response from the people,” because “there are a lot of people who have gotten wet for the cause.” They do all this so that “the government is right and wants to sit down and talk about it” and they see that “there are many athletes and entities affected,” they said.
The postponed rallies yesterday will be held next Saturday and even some localities where the mobilization was already held yesterday claim that they will also repeat. All in all, to end with a great concentration in Fontajau on the 23rd, if the restrictions allow it.
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