All local groups, including the PSOE abstained Finance Committee, have said yes in Parliament this initiative will enable the City to pay the debt it has with the small and medium businesses that have done work for the session
The needs of small and medium enterprises that have been contracted by the city for supplies, works or services have primacy over the political, as demonstrated today at the extraordinary plenary session of which was approved unanimously to request the Financing Line ICO-Local Government 2011, a credit of 8.6 million euros, which will be used to pay debts to suppliers recognized that were pending application to the budgets of 2010 and 2011.
All municipal groups have supported this initiative, PP, IU Joint-PSOE and the Citizens Movement, who showed his abstention and Finance Committee today voted in favor, to understand, as the Socialist spokesman, Charity Rives, who weighs more the future of these companies who have doubts about the economic and financial management by the government team.
Councillor for Finance, Fatima Suanzes, again defended this funding as a breath of fresh air today to avoid tomorrow economic suffocation, but also promised belt-tightening times, since the credit will be repaid within three years and the interest rate of six and a half, imposed by the government of the nation makes it easy.
Meanwhile, IU spokesman, Jaime Moltó Cayetano, based his position in favor of ICO funding in the fact that governments are the first to have set an example and pay the companies that contract, in addition to this credit, While job creation will not at least maintain the existing one and will serve to keep small and medium enterprises in the area.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena