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The spokesman and socialist candidate for mayor of Murcia considered shocking data provided yesterday by the European Network for Combating Poverty stands at over half a million of Murcia, over 150,000 in the municipality, people who are at risk poverty or social exclusion
The spokesman and socialist candidate for mayor of Murcia, Pedro López, will apply tomorrow, during the meeting of spokespersons, the local government to allocate money from the contingency fund -previsto 2015 budgets for emergencies, amounting to 1,840,000 euros to the immediate implementation of a comprehensive plan clash against poverty in the city of Murcia, with particular attention to cases of child poverty.
Social emergency
It is not the first time that Lopez calls for urgent measures in this regard, the last time I was in the city last November by a motion that the PP rejected.
Now spokesman returns to claim the start up of this urgent emergency plan, after data released yesterday by the European Network for Poverty Reduction confirming that there are over half a million people-more in the region of 150,000 in the Township Murcia- at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Lopez defends needed in tomorrow's meeting attain great social and political agreement to cope Maximum Severity why are passing many citizens, many of the more than 300,000 in the Murcia Community which are already living in poverty and more than 86,000 living in severe poverty, according to data from this study.
That no child goes hungry
"This is a social emergency, a dramatic situation that we must fight," insists spokesman socialist candidate in this sense, returns to claim the Government of the City Council to assist in providing solution to the problem of child poverty launching school canteens.
"We can not agreeing that no child goes hungry in Murcia because they can not afford a meal grant for lack of money from the government," observes Lopez.
Also, remember that there are many families who can not wait to improve their living conditions because they are in dire need, people who have to go to soup kitchens, needing support to pay for electricity or water, for buy diapers and even to feed their children.
Electricity and water
Lopez warns a real problem - that is due to the severe unemployment, deteriorating working conditions and monthly reductions in unemployment benefits.
"A parent who enters an average of 400 euros per month circumstance occurs every day more- can not pay bills for electricity and water, so we must do something so that no family get cold in winter and prevent the cut the water supply for nonpayment. "
Waters Council of Murcia
In this sense, the Socialist spokesman will ask Aguas de Murcia information on the situation in which the social fund budgeted for emergencies is because at the last meeting of the board of this organization it was decided that the fund had no cap and no water cut those families who can not pay the bill.
Transportation, housing and sports facilities
Finally, López has referred to this emergency plan should include the creation of a Special Bonobús allowing losparados registered in the municipiode use public transport for free, like a set of grants for rental housing and rebates and bonuses in sports facilities also for unemployed
Source: PSOE Murcia
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