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The mayor of Cercado/Tarija for the years 2015-2020 is Rodrigo Paz Pereira.
According to
http://lavozdetarija.com/2017/04/12/rodrigo-paz-se-apropia-de-la-bandera-de-tarija-y-estampa-su-marca-de-tarija-capital/
Rodrigo Paz renamed the entity under the name of Tarija Capital, and created a
brand "Tarija Capital" stamped on different items (clothing, walls, advertising
spots, police vehicles), and this logo has been added in 2017 on the red and
white flag of Tarija.
The bicentenary of the battle of la Tablada de Tolomosa
was celebrated on April 2017: the Battle of la Tablada de Tolomosa had been
fought on 15 April 1817 near the town of Tarija between the royalist forces
under colonel Mateo Ramírez and republican local forces under Eustaquio Méndez
allied with the Army of the North under Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid, who took
control of Tarija.
On the occasion of the bicentenary, the public
institutions have fulfilled the streets of the capital of the department of
flags of Tarija. The City Hall of Cercado they has chosen to include on them the
logo of "Tarija Capital". Some citizens have expressed their opposition to the
mayor Rodrigo Paz because of the use of this logo on a patriotic symbol, using
to make propaganda of his management. They asked to the municipal council the
withdrawal of the flags of Tarija stamped with the logo of the Alcaldía.
According to
http://elperiodico-digital.com/2017/04/14/echart-niega-ultraje-a-la-bandera-de-tarija/
Councillor Alan Echart Sosa defended the Mayor's office saying that there was
never a political intentionality, but lack of coordination.
In contrast, the
member of the group "Yo Activista", Fannor Gallardo, expressed his annoyance
before the media about the use of the logo on the white part of the flag,
considering that "it is a lack of civility". "The Autonomic Statute establishes
that the Tarija flag must be of two colors, crimson red, and white on the
bottom; however, they modify with a slogan that says 'Tarija Capital'," he
lamented. The activist questioned that with actions like this, each authority or
institution will modify the flag "at will".
The same article recalls that
"the flag of Tarija is made up of the red color that symbolizes fire as the
blood shed by revolutionaries, while white is associated with light, goodness,
innocence, purity and cleanliness of this land."
The disputed flag with
the logo seems not to have been in use after this incident, it does not appear
on photos after April 2017 on
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Gobierno.Autonomo.Municipal.Tarija
Olivier
Touzeau, 5 January 2019
Another "flag incident" occurred in Tarija in 2017.
According to
http://lavozdetarija.com/2017/09/11/arquitectos-piden-al-alcalde-paralizar-el-monumento-a-la-bandera-de-su-plan-integral-de-turismo/
in the global plan for tourism of the municipal government, it was planned to
implement the construction of a civic plaza with the largest tarijeña flag in
Bolivia. The College of Architects of Tarija have taken a pronouncement to ask
the mayor of Cercado, Rodrigo Paz, to stop the project because of a lack of
consultations. The president of the College of Architects, Hector Chávez, added
that there are lot of traffic jams on the streets where the monument was going
to be built, and has asked the mayor to listen to the opinions of the
professionals, declaring that "in reality the icon of Tarija is not its flag but
the Guadalquivir river" and indicating that "improvised works like this do not
respond to the true needs and expectations of the people" and need analysis
about their feasibility by assessment committees.
A picture of a
demonstration with flags of Tarija can be seen on this article. The flags bear
the coat of arms and the word tarija in white capital letters outlined in red
below.
Olivier
Touzeau, 5 January 2019
