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On October 28 of last year, the local government began the procedures of the fiscal ordinances for 2020, a tax increase of more than 2 million euros that it tried to approve without the opposition being able to control it.

The councilors of MC, Jesús Giménez Gallo and Isabel García, opposed this way of acting and, due to the Government's refusal to follow the legal procedures, they appealed to the courts for violation of their fundamental rights.

The sentence was notified yesterday by the Administrative Litigation Court No. 1 in Cartagena and confirms that the local Executive, in the person of Esperanza Nieto (PP), and his colleagues from the PP, Cs and transfugees, violated the Fundamental rights Giménez and García in the Informative Commission of the Treasury by forcing a vote to raise taxes without a file on this matter, despite the fact that the councilors of MC, as well as Pilar Marcos (Podemos), demanded that they not vote in those terms.

Subsequently, the Government did not withdraw the matter from the agenda of the Municipal Plenary, despite warning the Cartagena formation of what happened in the Commission.

The deputy spokesman for the Municipal Group MC, and one of the plaintiffs, Jesús Giménez, has celebrated the Judgment, noting that "once again, Justice again condemns this despotic and incapable Government whose way of doing politics is unforgivable, as it affirms the Judgment itself. "

Giménez added that "the magistrate started the record of the tax increase of more than 2 million euros that entered into force on January 1 and that Arroyo, Padín and Castejón will now have to cancel."

The mayor of Cartagena has continued to review that "it is a pity that they learn to respect the law and democracy based on Sentences. But the most important thing today, at a time when we are all demanding aid and tax benefits, is that thanks to MC the cartageneros see their taxes reduced ".

Including in the current context, Jesús Giménez has stated that "now that they have accepted José López's proposal to adapt the budget to the pandemic situation and try to mitigate the crisis, it would not make sense for them to resist complying with a resolution that comes to easing the tax burden. Also, this would distort budget revenue and create a big problem. "

"MC has caught them cheating, violating the Constitution, the Judgment confirms this, and now they must choose between tightening the rope even more to Cartagena and complying with the sentence and start working with rigor and respect to improve the future; we will see what they decide, "concluded the deputy spokesman for MC Cartagena.

Source: Grupo municipal MC Cartagena