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The councilor of Cambiemos Murcia Margarita Guerrero today denounced the "underfunding" of the City Council's social services as demonstrated by the fact that last year it had to resort to the contingency fund - destined to emergency situations - to meet needs of a structural nature.

Guerrero, who made these statements after knowing the figures collected in the Social Rights Report last year, presented by the mayor of the sector, Concepción Ruiz, said that both the numbers of demands and the number of grants show that "precariousness vital is still installed in the homes of the municipality. "

In this regard, he recalled that according to a study by the Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) and the University of Murcia (UMU), 30.7 percent of residents are at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the 19.3 percent of households can not afford to keep their home at an adequate temperature.

"In 2017, the Consistory had to go to the fund for emergency situations because before the end of the year the budget for social aid had already been exhausted, mainly in regard to food and social rent," the mayor insisted .

Regarding home help, Guerrero pointed out that, although his training is happy that last year 1,794 people were served through this service, "we continue to suffer the disastrous consequences of the previous contract", which led to layoffs, cuts of labor rights and unpaid wages and today continues to motivate strikes at the door of the Town Hall.

This, "despite the fact that the Plenary has approved several motions to solve this problem that has not yet been resolved," so the councilor has urged the "immediate payment" of payroll arrears to the workers.

"It is inconceivable that a public administration is allowed to have a problem so long without resolving," said Guerrero, who also recalled that many of these employees had to benefit from social assistance to do "in the face of the precariousness that generated the defaults "

In the same terms, it has pronounced itself on the Respiro Familiar service, in charge of providing support to the families that usually care for dependents, substituting them in the care, which will be suspended on August 10 if the contract is not extended.

In this regard, he has asked the government team to look for the necessary technical mechanisms to avoid the interruption of the provision of the service until the bidding of the new tender.

"These practical examples are a worrying sample more in regard to the model of management of social services of the PP Government, in fact, social service workers have been years attached to programs without being part of the structural template of the City."

Likewise, Murcia Change considers "fundamental" to watch over and monitor compliance with labor rights of people who provide these services so necessary for citizenship.

Source: Cambiemos Murcia