The consistory has requested the Generalitat to “train its powers in order that the Waka disco ceases to be such an unsafe and problematic exercise, the place hate, racist and sexual crimes are dedicated constantly.”
For its half, the Department of the Interior has ensured that the nightclub “can solely shut it who has granted the opening license and it’s the Sant Quirze City Council itself.” According to sources from the Ministry, the Generalitat may solely decree the closure “in circumstances of non-compliance with the protection laws for emergency exits, hearth extinguishers, smoke detection gadgets.” In this sense, they guarantee that they perform periodic investigations and “these features are fulfilled”.
How many complaints does the disco accumulate?
However, the City Council considers that they’re in a “helpless” scenario as a result of they can’t reply forcefully to critical conditions “reminiscent of people who happen in Waka.”
According to the Mayor, Elisabeth Oliveras, “now there’s a video, a brand new grievance for sexual assault and a brand new sufferer, extra proof, of the various that sadly we’re studying about and that present that this leisure exercise is an out-of-control area the place Attacks towards all freedoms are allowed: the liberty and dignity of ladies and the place there’s impunity for hatred towards minorities, and the place the laws within the office should not even complied with. “
So far, the disco accumulates quite a few complaints for every kind of crimes. According to the consistory, it has been the scene of 46 assaults within the final 12 months, 3 of them for rape. Municipal sources additionally recall the fines that Waka has acquired for having minors working in locations the place it’s not authorized, with out solely being registered with Social Security and for failing to adjust to “occupational threat laws”.
What does the woman’s household say?
As a results of the most recent occasions, the Mossos d’Esquadra have opened an investigation to make clear what occurred. The younger lady, a minor, has denounced a sexual assault and the dissemination of unauthorized photos. On her half, the younger man on whom fellatio is carried out has denounced for having been recorded with out her consent. He is of authorized age.
As the woman’s mom defined on TV3, it was the primary time her daughter had gone to the venue and he or she has not remembered something since she requested for a drink on the bar. The household intuits that she put some drug within the drink.
In the assertion, the town council needed to precise “its absolute rejection of the individuals who have been complicit on this aggression by recording, viewing or sending it” and has made itself accessible to the sufferer and her household “to advise or accompany her”.