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Also because the municipal government has requested in September to use the unjustified money of the aid for the demolitions whose agreement expires on December 31 in "works pending execution of the European Investment Bank that do not have financing"
For Gloria Martín, it is "intolerable" that the City Council wants to reinvest early the money destined to alleviate the tragedy of those affected by the earthquakes, without giving them facilities to comply with the requirements and demanding even the same interests of delay that supposedly ask that the State forgives all affected
The councilor of the United Left-Greens today demanded responsibilities in the City Council for the requirement of an earthquake affected to provide a final certificate of work when the deadline to justify the subsidy granted ends on January 25.
This is a procedure processed by the City of Lorca, through the earthquake office, related to a municipal aid for the demolition of homes that were declared ruined and did not have insurance coverage.
The requirement for a justification does not even contain the rubric or electronic signature of the municipal worker who performs it, which Martin described as "inadmissible" in a public administration.
"How is it possible that our City Council is forcing citizens to sign papers that offer no guarantee against a subsequent alteration or manipulation of their content and that do not unequivocally identify the signatory against a possible requirement of responsibilities as required by the Law? "Martin wondered.
Apart from this "administrative fudge", the councilwoman of IU-Verdes described as "very serious" that the City Council is demanding certificates to a victim of earthquakes when 44 days are left until the deadline is available, "under the threat of that, otherwise, the City Council will continue with the procedures, "tending to the affected person to return the aid.
JMG, 78, requested this municipal help after his home, damaged by earthquakes, was declared in economic ruin.
After the demolition, the affected one immediately requested the license of works, as established in the terms of the call for this aid, which was granted on January 25, 2018. From that moment, she had a period of 24 months to execute the work, which will be fulfilled within 44 days.
Martín explained that in the earthquake office they know the complicated situation of this neighbor who, with a pension of 600 euros per month, was forced to ask for other help to rebuild her home, whose damages were assessed at 200,356.80 euros.
Before the declaration of economic ruin, the affected party received 20,500 euros of a repair aid.
An amount that has been deducted from the reconstruction aid worth 94,416.48 that was finally granted when the property was declared in economic ruin.
This is the only money JMG has available so far because of the reconstruction aid, approved last May by the Ministry of Development, has not yet received a single euro despite the fact that the administration has justified the beginning of the work and the execution of 50%.
"This neighbor is making every effort possible, but her delicate economic situation prevents her from finishing the work if Fomento does not pay her help," said Martin, who explained that the affected party has come to request a loan from the bank that does not It has been granted due to its advanced age and its scarce economic resources.
"Instead of being sensitive to this situation, absolutely justified, and modifying the basis of a municipal call, now his City Council suffocates asking for documentation ahead of time to take away the help of 5,445 euros that were given to demolish his house," he denounced Martin.
In this regard, the councilwoman of IU-Greens bitterly regretted that it is the City of Lorca itself that now takes a new twist to delve into the ordeal that victims of the earthquake are suffering.
This is not the only person affected by the threat of return of municipal demolition aid, from which 60 families benefited in Lorca.
Another case has arrived at the IU-Verdes office, that of a deceased neighbor who demolished his home but could not undertake the reconstruction works due to the advanced state of his Parkinson's disease.
Now, your heir wants to meet all the requirements but the problem of deadlines prevents it.
Martín recalled that the social mobilization caused the regional Assembly to pass up to two laws to facilitate the justification procedures for those affected by the return of aid for repair, while now the City Council is unable to modify a few simple bases to allow victims to comply With the deadlines.
As if that were not enough, last September the municipal government team asked Fomento to return € 1,248,642.74 corresponding to demolition aid that had not been justified, despite the fact that the agreement with the autonomous community in this area It will be valid until December 31 of this year.
The municipal government expressly requested that this amount be used in "works pending execution of the European Investment Bank that do not have financing".
That is, without giving the opportunity to the beneficiaries of these grants so that they can meet all the conditions, the City Council intends to "reinvest the money destined to alleviate its tragedy" even demanding the same interest of late payment that supposedly asks the State to forgive set of those affected.
"We do not want anyone to skip the law, but in the same way that Development yielded to our pressures so that it was possible to modify deadlines and put in place flexible justification mechanisms, we hope that the City Council will do the same now," Martin claimed.
"Perhaps for some people 5,000 euros are nothing, but for others they represent the difference between being able to live with dignity or being ruined, when the City Council knows perfectly well that the object of the aid, which was the demolition of damaged homes, is accomplished "he concluded.
Source: IU-verdes Lorca
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