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Francisco Martínez Councilman of Cartagena Yes Can It (CTSSP) states that the socialist government of the PSOE does not recognize the educational and cultural work of the Musical Groups of Cartagena: "just check that depend on the Department of Celebrations and not the Education and Culture "To understand the lack of sensitivity and importance that the socialist government grants to Music.

The comparative study of the grants received in 2017 by the four groups, which have a Symphonic Band and School of Music, show the unequal treatment they receive per given concert:

Francisco Martínez says that "the gap is greater if you compare the subsidy received by our musical groups with those perceived by other groups of other municipalities: The City of Murcia grants the same subsidy 162E249 € for four concerts at a rate of € 4,062 / concert at Each one of the three musical groups: Cabezo de Torres, Beniaján and Las Musas de Guadalupe Cultural, Torre Pacheco subsidizes the two musical associations with € 302,000 each, the Alhama Music Group receives 72,311 euros for the School and 9,000 more for its Band Musical The Friends of Music Association of Yecla receives about € 190,000 as a Music School ".

For CTSSP the promotion of the musical culture must go beyond the simple subsidy by given concert, if we understand that the musical education is something more than a simple contra provision: concert / payment.

The work of musical groups both in the promotion of musical culture and the possibility of training and enriching people at the individual and collective level is beyond doubt.

We all know the amount of efforts, sacrifices and expenses involved in a musical group: instruments, costumes, travel, payment of salaries and social security contributions for teachers, rental of premises where appropriate, ..... There are children whose parents can not afford to pay for the classes and much less to the purchase of instruments, costumes, ...

The councilor affirms that "it is necessary to grant subsidies, objective and impartial criteria must be established, as well as a scale based on artistic quality, educational purpose, originality, external recognition, etc. As long as this is not regulated, subsidies and aid must be based on criteria of equity ".

Finally, Francisco Martínez comments that "CTSSP is going to present a motion in the next municipal plenary session to correct as far as possible the discriminations and deficiencies that are observed." For this, we will propose: that the four groups of Cartagena with the same amount per concert, granting them a minimum number of concerts equal or next.They have an additional subsidy plus to help the music schools taking into account the average number of students they have and the children They belong to socially disadvantaged families, and lastly, a local must be provided to those groups that do not yet benefit from a public place. "

Source: CTSSP