Gloria Martín, councilor of this training, ensures that, according to the Law of Subsidies, the Autonomous Community had a period of one year to resolve and notify the resolution of the reinstatement procedures initiated at that time, and that, however, " they have given rise to almost three to go back to address the affected "
The councilor of IU-Greens, Gloria Martin, has warned today that the reimbursement procedures that the CARM began in 2014 and 2015 regarding the earthquake aid and that were not closed within a period of 12 months are "out of date".
Martin has reported that many of those affected received a letter at that time in which the CARM notified the opening of a hearing procedure to have detected "alterations" in the circumstances in the granting of aid.
Specifically, the victims were informed that the sum of the compensation of the Insurance Compensation Consortium and the assistance of the CARM, exceeded the assessment of the damage to the homes.
For this reason, the refund of the difference between the aid initially received and the aid once the file was reviewed was initiated.
As established in article 42 of Law 38/2003, of November 17, General of Grants, in section 4, the maximum term to resolve and notify the resolution of this refund procedure is 12 months from the date of agreement. of initiation.
However, in all the cases detected by UI, which total more than twenty, the deadline for resolving this procedure passed without an express resolution being notified, which is why it has expired.
"Those affected have obtained answers to the allegations they raised at the time, almost three years later," explained Martin, who blamed this circumstance on "chaos and lack of control" in the entire process related to the aid.
In addition, the law states that "if the deadline for resolution expires without an express resolution being notified, the procedure will lapse, without the prescription being considered interrupted due to the actions taken."
That is, those affected by this assumption, can claim the statute of the CARM right to claim the return of aid.
In the case of the neighbors who carried out the repair work after receiving the aid, this period is four years and six months after the end of their obligation to justify the aid, that is, since the works were completed, a date that can be accredited with the invoice.
In the case of citizens who rehabilitated their homes before receiving the aid, the prescription period is four years and three months, starting from the date of notification of the resolution of the aid.
Notwithstanding the above, the councilor of IU-Greens recalled that the decree that regulated subsidies provided for the making of "technical reports" as a way to justify the use of aid in the cases of those neighbors who do not keep the bills.
On the announcement of the municipal government team of the PP that will hire a lawyer and nine administrative assistants to strengthen the Earthquake Office, Martin thanked the Mayor, Fulgencio Gil, who has responded to the request of Izquierda Unida.
However, it demanded that said workers have experience in the field of the processing of files and the justification of aid, as well as with accredited knowledge about the legislation on subsidies, so that the advice given to those affected is adequate.
"We do not want to meet neighbors who are told in their office that their case has no solution and that they have to pay for it if, after analyzing them, we see that they are prescribed or expired," said Martín.
Source: IU-verdes Lorca