"We have fulfilled our part, we have supported the municipal budgets of 2017 after including our eight amendments, and after signing the agreement we proposed to ensure that the tariff proposal reaches the Regional Advisory Council Price with all possible guarantees, The Government that has to fulfill its part, and send the proposal of rebate, otherwise they will have to give the relevant explanations to the citizens, "said the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padin.
- The orange formation will convene the media next Monday, March 20 at 10:00 am in the Press Room of the Palace Hall "to report on the real situation after the agreements reached," said the spokesman of Citizens, Manuel Padín.
The Municipal Group of Citizens today recalled that the second point of the agreement reached with the local government of Cartagena to support the municipal budgets calls for the price of the receipt of Cartagena water to be reduced as soon as possible and that the proposal of the reduction Of the tariff sent to the Regional Advisory Council of Prices be accompanied by all the reports that are necessary to ensure their legal viability, including those of the Infrastructure, Economic, Legal and Intervention services;
The objective is that the revision of the tariff reaches the Community with all possible guarantees and thus avoid potentially unnecessary costs to the municipal coffers before possible future demands by the concessionaire.
The agreement, which was signed by the spokespersons of the PSOE and MC groups and by the mayor and the deputy mayor of Cartagena, José López and Ana Belén Castejón, made it clear that in the event of any of these reports being unfavorable, By the same municipal technicians the last proposal of the concessionaire.
"These were all the guarantees that a municipal opposition group could demand, the more we could not do, the more impossible it was," the spokesman concluded.
On the other hand, the spokesperson for the orange formation has announced that it will convene the media next Monday, March 20 at 10:00 am in the Press Room of the Palace "to report on the real situation after the agreements reached ".
"We have complied with our part, we have supported the municipal budgets of 2017 after including our eight amendments, and after signing the agreement we proposed to ensure that the tariff proposal reached the Regional Price Advisory Council as soon as possible with all possible guarantees, Now it is the Government of Cartagena that has to fulfill its part, and send the proposal of rebate, otherwise it will have to give the relevant explanations, "said the spokesman of Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padin.
"What I do not understand is that we do not have an opinion, it's been too long since the approval of the budgets, almost two months."
Manuel Padin understands that all or some of the reports are unfavorable, or that all are favorable, "what I can not understand is that after so long they remain in the air, nor understand the silence before the Cartagena on this issue, nor that A decision has already been taken ".
The spokesman is confident that both the mayor of Cartagena and the deputy mayor will comply with his word and take out a proposal for a reduction in the price of water with all the guarantees as soon as possible. "
"According to our calculations, if we consider that the review should have been sent to the Community by 24 February at the latest, and taking into account a prudent period of deliberation in the Price Council, we have lost 13 days without the new prices, And that, therefore, the Cartageneros have stopped saving 91,000 euros for this incomprehensible delay, "said Padín.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena