The spokesman and candidate for Mayor commitment to end direct awards of works in villages, create a list of suppliers so that everyone has the same opportunities and regulate prices of recruitment to avoid arbitrariness
The spokesman and socialist candidate for mayor of Murcia, Pedro López, has again expressed his commitment to the direct election of village headman of the Municipal Boards of neighborhoods and districts today.
So much so that it has been announced that "if I get elected mayor of Murcia, citizens may vote the mayor of your town or neighborhood before spring 2016".
Universal suffrage
Extending democracy to the neighborhoods and districts of the municipality is one of the major objectives of the PSOE has advocated for years, highlighted Lopez, who has also had on no less important issues that socialists also carry claiming long, such as the reform of the Rules of Participation to give more powers to the Municipal Councils;
and that 8% of the municipal budget for supply to the boards so that they manage money directly, meeting their needs and priorities.
Not a direct awards
Another aspect that socialist candidate spokesman stressed refers to the procurement of works in villages.
To do this, López bet to end direct awards that "both are causing harm to the neighbors, to their villages and neighborhoods, and suppliers that are not within the circuit of friends and acquaintances who are given all the support from the PP of La Glorieta ".
Ensuring equal opportunities
Thus, the socialist candidate will end these full direct awards of abuses that have led to an identical work has different prices, sometimes scandalous differences in a district or another.
"We will put an end to these tricks, which are being investigated by the prosecution, to regulate this type of contract, create a registry of suppliers so that everyone has equal opportunities and will regulate the prices of works to prevent such abuses," he concluded .
Source: PSOE Murcia