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Worship Peñas, councilor of the municipal group of IU-Green has revealed the sadness of his political group in the absence of sensitivity and initiatives of the government team to alleviate the terrible situation in which they find too high a number of families Lorca.

Peñas, has exposed that on the eve of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and Social Exclusion figures are shocking and noted data from the latest study of the EAPN-ES (European Network for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion ) where Murcia is located as the region with the highest poverty rate with a percentage of 44.5% and a percentage of child poverty from 35.4% in 2014 compared to 31.9% in 2013.

Since the formation remember that while some sociological studies have located the municipality of Lorca among the poorest of Spain first ten question that fits perfectly with the situation presented by the region of Murcia.

The mayor of IU-Green warns that if structural, social and economic measures to ensure a minimum decent quality of life for citizens and help in turn to boost the economy are not implemented, the problem will increasingly growing.

"The trend should be to provide social improvements, not equate with developing countries" has declared Peñas, who says that this step is what will happen, noting that, according to the latest published data, 29.2 % of the country's inhabitants, ie, 13.6 million people are at risk of poverty and exclusion, of which 10.3 million are already suffering poverty and suffer 6.8% in its severe form.

In this sense, Peñas regrets that the government team Lorca no higher political authorities to defend a public system of social protection and a well-funded approaches shock to get a 180 degrees in situations of insecurity and poverty that live in this population, and passing from a change in the production and economic model, commitment to the local industry and employment and strengthening social services programs seeking promotion, rehabilitation of the most vulnerable citizens in order to avoid social exclusion and poverty.

Thus, the Councillor recalled that the PP lost a golden opportunity in the last full month of September when it rejected a motion of IU-Greens in proposing ensure a daily meal to children from families in poverty and manifest need by opening of school canteens in holiday periods and showing his indifference to these issues and their unwillingness to fix them.

Source: IU-verdes Lorca