The document has been approved today with votes in favor of the popular group and against opposition groups, PSOE, IU-Greens and Mixed-Citizens Movement, who have been rejected both amendments to the full and partial submitted
The full city council approving bids farewell to the year, with the votes in favor of the popular group and against the opposition, the municipal budget for 2013, star point agenda .
The budget, which amounts to 183 million euros, has been defended to the full by the Councillor of Finance, Suanzes Fatima, who pointed out the savings, rationalization and cost control, as major assets, following the slogan of austerity but with increased contributions to social spending and investment recovery.
Explanations of Suanzes, however, have not convinced the opposition groups.
For the council of the Socialist group, Julio Nieto, the deficit and debt of the City are outrageous, while for IU spokesman, Jaime Moltó Cayetano, the government team has not done their homework, because in times of economic downturn , engage and depress pay spikes in the economic sense.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Joint-Citizens Movement, José López, stressed that the priorities of the government team should be to meet citizens, solve unemployment and request that meets the Autonomous Community, instead of pending to settle the debt with the banks and keep the tax collection effort.
Given these arguments, the Councillor of Finance has insisted that the budgets are appropriate to the moment we live, taxes are frozen and guaranteed public services and care to the neediest citizens.
In this line, Fatima Suanzes has announced the creation of an Office of Mediation for eviction, which is already under way dependent on the Department of Social Services, which provides information about the process and the legislation affecting these processes.
Finally 2013 budgets have been approved, rejected the amendments after all presented by the three opposition groups and the 52 amendments submitted in partial block IU-Greens.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena