Carlos Canales on the closure of the Larcomar shopping center: “Miraflores is respected”

Carlos Canalesthe mayor of mirafloresindicated that the temporary closure for 30 days Shopping center Larkomar He seeks to guarantee the safety of citizens within the framework of the verification during its implementation.

“We received a complaint from residents who came to Larcomar with new cinemas stating that they had problems moving out, and what we did was send Inspection and civil defense to verify such claims,” ​​the mayor said in News RPP.

On the other hand, he pointed out that the work in progress was discovered because “the lack of signaling must be made up in such a way that the Civil Defense indicates a temporary closure.”

As part of this, Canales said he did not seek to harm the mall’s business and asked Larcomar to complete the surveillance and film it.

“First is the health and well-being of people (…) imposing the principle of authority and urging merchants to comply with civil defense certification and all permits,” he told RPP Noticias.

He gave an example of a municipality having a verification process, such as in the case of the Santa Cruz market. He added that Larcomar found excess capacity “in certain places.”

“This is not due to the socio-economic level, but because of the principle of legitimacy and the authority of Miraflores. Miraflores is respected in a healthy, no-frills way to keep our neighborhood friendly,” he said.

Closing Larcomar

The Department of Civil Defense of the municipality of Miraflores has proceeded to close the Larcomar shopping center for failing to comply with security measures that have endangered the lives of the thousands of visitors it hosts.

This decision was taken as a result of an audit conducted at the request of neighbors. The preventive measure was supervised by the Department of Civil Defense and audit management who first discovered the flaws in the equipment of the Cinepolis hall.

The technical report indicated that the site was closed due to it being left open to the public without permission as it is under renovation to reopen, threatening people’s safety.

Another reason is that the premises do not comply with the safety and security regulations issued by Indeci or other competent authorities, for example regarding the operation of emergency doors, corridors, stairs, emergency lighting, electrical installations and/or lack of emergency exit (stairs and/or Door).