Economic Affairs spokesman Isidro Abellán PSOE PP accused the mayor of wanting to "give the nail" to small businesses Lorca already have done their work to the City but who now refuse to pay until next year
Economic Affairs spokesman of the PSOE, Isidro Abellán, has complained that the government team of Francisco Jodar has given orders to officials not to accept any more payments until next year and they are saying to companies who work for the City " return to earlier this year and bring the invoices dated January 2010. "
Abellán called it a "nonsense" and accused Jodar of wanting to "give the nail" to many small businesses, many relatives working for the municipality that the municipality and those who refuse to pay for orders already made.
In that sense Abellán criticized Jódar "should not apply the same recipe and did not resign" to collect his salary "until 2010, while Lorca agree that many entrepreneurs can not pay their employees the payroll this coming Christmas or to meet their payments.
The Socialist leader criticized is not paid to associations, to NGOs, "and now the companies" and charged that this move only aims to "falsely pretending that the City has incurred the expense" and is "choking" to Lorca.
He said that 28 years of Socialist government never gave this situation, even through economic crises, and recalled that no team ever local government has received an injection of cash as the government of Rodriguez Zapatero has gone to this year's Jódar .
He reminded that in the next two months the City coffers will join around 3,000 million pesetas through the contribution and the tax of Economic Activities (IAE).
Therefore, Abellán Jódar asked to be "consistent" and think "all those workers who may not collect this Christmas."
The mayor also said that there is no justification for such suspension "technique" of payments by the municipality and asked Jódar be "benevolent" and does not become guilty of that many small businesses Lorca "will go under."
The mayor of the PSOE also chided in recent times there Jódar been able to assert the interests of local businesses and have allowed the award of works "very important" to companies from outside.
Source: PSOE Lorca