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MURCIA NOW regrets the approval of "seriously unsupportive" PP budgets in the full City Council of Murcia today, with the support of the PSOE, which has introduced some amendments do not alter the substance of those budgets.

Councilman Luis Bermejo explained that the vote against Murcia was now due "to the budgets presented are a continuation of budgets and policies of the PP in the last 20 years that have led to the current situation of Murcia, nothing good. The new estimates are identical to the previous, so you can not expect that they will cause the situation to change for the better ".

For the mayor, today approved budgets "nothing new because you do not want, because if you can. The problem is the definition of priorities by the PP to decide where you spend the money."

Thus the supposed interest of Ballesta by "employment, social policies and investments are not reflected in the allocations for these purposes".

"In particular, housing 3 million euros, less than 1% of the budget, which does not guarantee an adequate response to the situation of housing exclusion faced by many neighbors and puts Murcia among the cities with the highest number of evictions are intended Spain. A promotion of employment, one of the great mantras of the PP, are only 6.7 million, just over 2%, and social rights, 25.2 million, less than 6.5% of the budget. These figures are sparse data against unemployment (20%) and people at risk of exclusion and poverty (28%), but also are not always properly managed ".

Bermejo said that the PP is still committed, "rather than on the priorities of citizens, in a few large projects that do not meet at all the needs of Murcia. It is easy to square up a budget, it is difficult to include in them citizenship ".

"These budgets do not contribute anything to try to reverse the socio-economic situation of the municipality," he says, "with very high rates of exclusion. They continue, however, in line with the neoliberal policies of privatization of public services."

Now Murcia Councilman says another great mantras of the PP on himself, "he's a great manager," comes into serious contradiction when viewed in the budgets of recent years to manage its cash or payments made by electrical power, water or fuel.

"The PP does not manage the public because they do not believe in public," he says.

Moreover, Councilman explains Murcia now reflected in revenue budgets are based on "uneven economic growth, which does not contribute to job creation and improving quality of life of citizens."

The mayor also said that the PP recently lowered the tax ordinance, "but budgets foresee increases in all revenue over 2015, taxes and contributions, plus it will sell more assets and go into debt more. It's not a good revenue management. "

Bermejo stresses once again that it is "a captive budgets", because the 30% goes to salaries of officials and another 30% goes to the hands of large contracts for public services.

"It is not acceptable to keep staff in tasks not performed because they are outsourced. These tasks should be made by the officials, who for that occupy the streets, and if you do not have the ability or knowledge to perform, you have to train them so that they can do".

Councilman Now Murcia concludes, on the budgets of the PP supported by the PSOE that "what citizens must ask is whether the 600 euros a year paid by each Murcia (including minors) you are giving the local government most social profitability. Our answer is clearly 'no'. Too often it seems that budgets seeking more profitability political shift that has 'his' project that the common interest. "

Meanwhile, regarding the PSOE, Bermejo has indicated that it is "an insult to the intelligence called alternative budgets to budgets that vary in less than 3 million, and did not even take their own motions."

It refers to motions of the Socialists, approved by Parliament, to increase the budget to 8% in neighborhoods and districts and 2.5% in employment figures do not incorporate their own amendments.

We believe that the proposal should at least ensure Plenary agreements. "The council also noted that the revision of the General Plan for the PSOE intended 45,000 euros," a very insufficient amount for such an ambitious task.

With this kind of attitude seems that the PSOE only seeks the holder not effectively tackle the problems. "

Source: Ahora Murcia