A petition has been launched to demand the replacement of the Miguel Hernández vinyl records

The Coordinadora Ciudadana Miguel Hernández in Orihuela has started a campaign to get people to sign a petition asking the City Council of Orihuela to follow the municipal plenary agreement...

January 30, 2026 2 Mins Read

The Coordinadora Ciudadana Miguel Hernández in Orihuela has started a campaign to get people to sign a petition asking the City Council of Orihuela to follow the municipal plenary agreement that says the original vinyl panels must be put back up at the Rincón Hernandiano.

The civic platform argues that the original panels showed everything about the life, work, and thoughts of the Orihuela-born poet Miguel Hernández, including his republican beliefs and political dedication. The vinyls currently on exhibit no longer contain these elements.

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The petition will stay open until March, a month that has special meaning for Miguel Hernández’s remembrance. After that date, the signatures will be sent to the mayor of Orihuela as a way for the community to put pressure on him and as a way for citizens to speak out for Hernández’s legacy. This will appeal to his public remarks and institutional obligation as a protector of Hernández’s legacy.

In late January 2025, the Coordinadora was created to bring together associations, social groups, and cultural agents in the municipality. Its goal was to protect the poet’s cultural and historical legacy and, more generally, the city’s cultural history.

The Culture Department took down the original vinyls, which led to the campaign. The Coordinadora says that the municipal government has not yet carried out the full reinstatement that the opposition parties (PSOE, Citizens, and Cambiemos Orihuela) demanded in a motion that was approved by the plenary council. This was despite the issue being brought up again in a later plenary session.

To get people to sign up, signature sheets have been sent out to member groups and are also accessible in local stores, at the La Colmena Social Centre, and at the PSOE headquarters in Orihuela.

The group stresses that the effort is not political; it is meant to protect Miguel Hernández’s democratic, cultural, and social memory as a shared heritage of Orihuela and its people.