The signs for food stalls and urban businesses They return to the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office starting this Thursday, October 24, as announced Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vegaafter two and a half years in which they were banned.
“After years of prohibition, the signs will return to the streets of our mayor’s office. “This is a triumph for popular art and urban cultural identity to fill our streets with life and reconnect with our roots,” said Rojo de la Vega, who shared a video in which He spread a blanket on the mayor’s esplanade that said “The colors return to Cuauhtémoc.”
The measure occurs after in May 2022 the former mayor, Sandra Cuevas, will decree the elimination of signs in businesses throughout the entire mayor’s office, with the aim of “improving the image”, as well as “bringing order and discipline.”
Sandra Cuevas received criticism for her comments towards the signs, and said that he did not consider this kind of expression as art, so even came to be designated as “classist”in addition to defending that the sellers agreed to the elimination of the signs to install logos of the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office.
Alessandra Rojo de la Vega publicly apologized for the decisions made by the previous administration regarding the removal of signs, and said that they were the main critics.
“We want a mayor’s office that celebrates the creativity of its people and recovers its identity, putting an end to policies that tried to erase the essence of our neighborhoods. Art is not prohibited, it is lived and shared“said Rojo de la Vega.
With the new determination of Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, it is possible that In the next few days, signs will begin to be painted business in the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office.
Sandra Cuevas, who defended her decision for years to remove the labels, has not commented on the measure of the new government.
It should be noted that for months, after the elections of June 2some businesses began installing signs without receiving penalties.
