New stage for the premiere of a new political course in the Provincial Council of Alicante. At the end of the term under Consell’s current president, Carlos Mazón, the provincial institution is again beginning a popular phase. Tony Perez As the president of the Provincial Assembly and the absolute majority of its people. The challenges on the horizon will also present multiple challenges for the County Council, whose deputies will already begin working on next year’s budgets and will have to face other significant challenges to defend the province’s interests on issues such as water or the tourism sector. .
We also have a lot ahead of us in terms of infrastructure, as the provincial institution is working on the project of congress palaces as well as the opening of two new headquarters in Elche and Benidorm. It was built with the support of the Provincial Council in Alicante and Elche. Finally, one of the biggest debates of the recent period is Cooperation Fundstill exists, but on this occasion Carlos Mazón and Toni Pérez agree on this.
One of the first tasks of new MPs will be to start preparing the budget. Committee Problems such as the suppression of the Cooperation Fund, or IAE, led to the government team formed by PP and Ciudadanos at the time running the accounts alone, without the support of PSPV or Compromís. This occurred within the four years he was in office. The Provincial Assembly’s 2023 budget reached 284 million euros, to which another 161 million euros were later added from extraordinary funds.
Toni Pérez was the first to emphasize that the Provincial Council will work hard to defend the interests of the province in strategic economic sectors such as tourism and in relation to the cuts of revenues. Tajo-Segura transfer. Before going any further, this week the Provincial Palace once again asked the Supreme Court to stop the cut. The provincial agency’s legal services argued that the Government’s ecological flows were “arbitrary”, reiterating that reducing water supplies would lead to losses of more than 84 million and the loss of 2,400 jobs.
Impulse
The new political course should be fundamental in supporting some of the projects that the Provincial Council is carrying out. These include two new headquarters that the institution will establish in the province. Elche and Benidorm. In the city of Elche, the Provincial Assembly will be located in the central building of the Mediterranean Foundation, which costs around 6.5 million to purchase and requires a renovation project. As for the tourism capital of Costa Blanca, in one of the last plenary sessions of the last mandate, held in June, the green light was given to the purchase of property worth 5.2 million in the municipal center.
Progress in the construction of two buildings congress palacesA relevant section will also be included in the agenda of the new course in Alicante and Elche. In the case of Alicante, the selection of the project will last until at least November, after a hundred proposals come to the Provincial Council. As for Elche, the Elche City Council received a $4.4 million payment from the provincial agency in early July to purchase the land on which the building will be built. The goal is for the project announced in December 2018 to become a reality during the current term of office.
Finally, there is the issue of the Cooperation Fund, an issue on which Toni Pérez had previously warned that he would follow the line set by his predecessor in office, a Mazón who was extremely aggressive towards the Botany project. investment program judicialized Right now.
struggles
President of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Toni Pérez: Toni Pérez defends the continuity of the policy carried out by the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Carlos Mazón, and focuses on the defense of water and tourism as a priority.
Vicente Arques, spokesman for the PSPV-PSOE group: Accelerating the implementation of plans, attracting European funds and strengthening aid to municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants are the challenges facing PSPV.
Ximo Perles, spokesman for the Compromís group: Like PSPV, in Compromís the magnifying glass is being deployed in the province’s smaller municipalities, and depopulation is one of the biggest concerns.
Gema Alemán, spokesperson of the Vox group: Vox is making its debut in the Provincial Council under this mandate. Its spokesman, Gema Alemán, defends the role of the state institution but rejects autonomous decentralization.