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The proposal of the PSOE increased allocations for the Municipal Councils, programs to combat social exclusion, child care and employment policies

Socialist spokesman appeals to the responsibility, realism no longer stay in the figures, "but on the road for a change and alternative government in the municipality of Murcia"

The Municipal Socialist Group has managed to see adopted today at the plenary session of the City of Murcia its proposed alternative budgets that will allow increased investment in neighborhoods and districts that managed the Municipal Councils and District, as well as an increase in the endowment policy Social, promoting employment, protecting the cultural, natural and tourist heritage of the municipality of Murcia, and commitment to sustainable and harmonious growth for a new city model, with the revision of land-use planning

The Municipal spokesperson, Jose Ignacio Gras, believes that this initiative, which has been voted for by the council of the PP, has made "from a sense of responsibility and realism as the backbone of an alternative feasible Government to improve the lives of the residents of our city, its neighborhoods and districts ".

While acknowledging that it would have been easy to oppose the draft presented by the government team, "we prefer to turn to this very heavy boat that is the city of Murcia thinking citizens in initiating change in the direction of city model we want,

"We regret that there has been backed by other opposition groups as we would have liked, but we did not want to miss the opportunity provided by the debate on the budget to respond, since the responsibility and realism, to the yearnings , wishes and hopes for change expressed citizenship last May 24, "said Gras.

The spokesman said that "the municipal budgets are the real engine, heart and pulse all the daily activity of the closest to the people, political institution of the City Council."

More money to districts and employment

In large numbers, the municipal boards directly manage a higher percentage of the budget (excluding staff costs and financial), from 13.4 million euros to 15.3 over that incorporates amendment.

This measure responds to the resolution adopted in Parliament last September, and the commitment to strengthen the decentralization process and equal to the Municipal Councils and District of districts and neighborhoods of Murcia and reaches 8 percent managed by those budgets.

Also, employment policies will increased its endowment by 500,000 euros to own or in cooperation programs with the social partners, the social economy and autonomous associations.

This increase is to fulfill the agreement of the Local Employment Pact unanimously approved the proposal of the PSOE, at the last plenary in November.

The area of ​​Social Welfare will have over half a million euros to programs to tackle inequalities increase, eliminating co-payments and support to organizations fighting social exclusion, especially child poverty measures.

Jose Ignacio Gras reiterated that "the change in the city of Murcia, which has started to materialize in numerous initiatives proposed and approved in the plenary, may be closer to the expectations of citizens reality. Some alternative proposals that are the first step of a new budget. In short it is a different policy response to a different city policy that allows the construction of Murcia friendly and less unequal in which we believe "possible.

Source: PSOE Murcia