[Budget 2012.
Extraordinary plenary session of August 6, 2012.
IU-Green Rating]
Jose Garcia Murcia, spokesman for the city council of IU-Green in the city of Lorca has done in the morning the following assessment of the municipal budget to be presented next Monday at the extraordinary plenary session.
We are facing a fiscal "skinny" virtually "consumptives."
The amount presented in balanced income and expenditure is 67,636,887.00 E.
Which means that in absolute terms are 39.2 million euros less than the 2008 budget was first prepared by a team popular in the city of Lorca, and also was the highest in the history of this town hall absolute terms.
Ie this is a budget that has dropped by 40% compared to 2008.
Second, this is a budget "mortgaged".
And it is because we have a bank debt of 91,074,230.01 E., that is, the council has gone from a debt of 50.9 billion euros in 2008 to 91 million in debt in 2012 , which is 44% more, and move from a per capita debt of 560 euros per capita in 2008 to almost $ 1,000 debt per capita in 2012.
That is, is mortgaged because he can not borrow more, and because each year the budget will be deducted an average of 12 million for interest payments and debt repayments, which is at present, ie the 2012 budget, 17.1%, ie slightly less than one fifth.
WE HAVE NO DEBT CAPACITY
And MUCH MUCH WE PAY FOR THAT DEBT.
Third, it is a budget "LOCKED".
Blocked by successive adjustment plans to the City Council has had to undergo Lorca: that of 2009 when it acquired the debt of 19 million euros to offset the deficit, and recent has been forced by the payment to suppliers.
That is, is a budget subject to the dictates and criteria of the speculative economy and the prevailing conservative doctrine of cuts in public services, poor distribution of wealth and accumulation of it in a few hands.
Fourth, we are and that's unheard of, with a budget "WITHOUT INVESTMENT."
Annex investment included in the official documentation of the 2012 budget shows zero fill and saves only minimally URBAN PLAN and some SUPPLY AND SANITATION works, certainly much lower than the amounts originally contemplated.
Keep in mind that in the time series of the last 4 years (2008 - 2011), we have always had large quantities and have always had an important percentage of the CA, which now fell.
For example, in 2009, watched 9 million investment, which contributed 4.3 of the CA.
In 2010 it looked 17 million, which contributed 7.1 of the CA and
In 2001 it looked 14 million, which contributed 6 of the CA.
So we ran out of investments.
Where are the 3.5 million health center Sutullena Lorca.
The round South and knew that departed from the Community budget earlier this year.
We will never have young space, PLACE OR SUPPLIES, AND
SINCE THEN 1,200,000 E.
Europe to recover the CD is not anywhere.
Finally I must say that is a budget that precludes the maintenance of public services, as well recognized in the information provided by the council itself in the industry by stating that Sport and Culture will be hurt.
On the other hand blocks the action in districts, and
It is also essential to note that is a budget that prevents the recruitment of workers and entails the freezing of salaries for staff, non-contribution pension plans and the elimination of overtime pay.
To summarize Councilmember Garcia Murcia, UI-Green has said that we are dealing with budgets constrained by the laws of the market (subject to repayment of loans with high interest rates that detract from the ability to meet obligations in the provision of public services) , and also developed in the framework and under the precepts of a conservative policy that is imposing severe adjustment plans regarding public services and those staff provides services in administrations.
Lastly, he said the region and its president Mr. Valcárcel has punished with "zero" financial contribution for investment to the city of Lorca.
Source: IU-verdes Lorca