“Alicante’s problems are also Valencia Community’s problems”

The campaign to demand fair budgetary treatment for the province of Alicante, initially advocated by businessmen and later supported by trade unions and political parties, has entered one of its decisive stages, given the imminence of the concentration summoned before this upcoming Government Sub-Delegation. Friday at eleven in the morning. After the protest, which was called unilaterally by the Chamber of Commerce on November 3 and attended only by the representatives of the business world and from the right, the members of the Fair Finance Platform, We met at the San Fernando Building of the University of Alicante, which displays a common façade..

Both Ana García, general secretary of CC OO-PV, and Ismael Sáez, her colleague at the UGT, urged the concentration in Alicante, which coincided with the fifth anniversary of the historic demonstration in Valencia to demand fair funding for the Valencian Community, to insist on this demand and at the same time condemn it. to call, Discrimination that this province is exposed to from the State in the General Budgets.

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CEV chairman Salvador Navarro acknowledged that fair funding demand for the Community would be available, but also stressed that: The “significant part” of the mobilization will focus on the victimization of Alicante and the competitive disadvantages that the investment gap represents for this region. Therefore, he stressed that business representatives from both Castellón and Valencia would protest, because “defending the interests of Alicante also defends the interests of the Community.”

Regarding the political formations, PSPV-PSOE Organizing Secretary José Muñoz stated that his party agrees but disagrees with the Budget philosophy, which envisages social spending of 16,800 million for Alicante. acting like a “lobbyist” improve investments. In this sense, Comprom co-spokesperson Àgueda Miró wanted to highlight the agreement reached with Botànic’s partners to propose a joint amendment that would allow the province’s items to be increased by 51 million euros, while Estefanía Blanes, district MP for Unides Podem-EU accumulation of budget complaints that this area is suffering.

Toni Pérez, the provincial head of the PP, referred to the hundred changes his party has proposed “to fix some Budgets”. donate 85 euros per person to the state when others are 1,100Citizens’ autonomous MP for Alicante, Yaneth Giraldo, stressed that his party has offered 50 million.

Consell, finally, also will hold its plenary session in Alicante on the 18thas a show of support for the allegations.

Esther Guilabert, the general secretary of the CEV, attended the platform meeting, among others; Joaquín Pérez, president of CEV Alicante; Paco García and Yaissel Sánchez, secretaries general of CC OO and UGT at l’Alacantí-Les Marines, respectively; Carmen Palomar, general secretary of the CCOO in Vinalopó-Vega Baja; Ana Barceló, PSPV-PSOE’s trustee in Parliament; the provincial secretary of the same party, Alejandro Soler; Lidia Montero, Public Policy Secretary of Unides Podem; and Ismael Vicedo, representing Escola Valenciana.