In the end we had to wait until February 7th. Alicante Provincial Council approve budget This year is for 2024. He did this through a plenary meeting attended by the government team at the Provincial Palace this Wednesday morning. People’s Party, put forward its absolute majority to conduct this year’s accounts. Popular ones have vote against all opposition groups: HE PSPV-PSOE, Compromises and Vox.
Although the government team attempted to maintain a tone of dialogue and consensus, the session revealed existing differences within the provincial institution; this was reflected in sixteen votes in favor of the popular MPs and fifteen votes against the other three formations. . Differences emerged in the debate on issues such as the functioning of the Provincial Assembly, the commitment to the province’s productive sectors, or the removal of the provincial IAE surcharge. Vox spokesperson: German Jewelry, He even questioned the PP’s support. Benidorm Festival and the winning song is in line with what different leaders of the ultra formation have been doing in recent days.
This year’s budget arrives 295.3 million euros, This represents an increase of 4.1% compared to last year. The government team wanted to focus on support and assistance to municipalities, so 133.7 million will be allocated for this, corresponding to an increase of 0.69%. on the subject Municipal Cooperation Fund, The Provincial Council will continue to not participate in the investment project supported by Botànic. Deputy leaders of the government team, Ana Serna and Marina Sáez, which presented the accounts this Monday, justified its decision not to participate on the basis that the Constitutional Court declared invalid two points regarding the Valencian law of this fund. At the same time, they reminded that Consell is working on a new model, the main feature of which is that the institutions that decide to participate are voluntary. The lack of corporatization of the Cooperation Fund was one of the main criticisms of PSPV and Compromís, and that is why they voted against it.
«These are budgets They are betting on municipalityWith direct aid to municipal councils, associations and smaller local organizations amounting to over 78 million euros, representing 26.52% of the total budget,” the chairman of the County Council said. Tony Perez. The popular leader highlights the “distinct social character” of the accounts, as items allocated to Social Welfare and Equality increased by 6.7%; 1.3% to Public Welfare; and those aimed at helping local people in their fight against depopulation and unexpected situations increased by 13%, with the allocation of the Emergencies and Demographic Issues field reaching 41.1 million, while the Economy, Communications and Water Cycle reached 29.6 million.
Finance Commission, This meeting last week did not help bring PSPV and Compromís into closer positions with the government team. Neither the fact that the government team accepted the opposition’s twenty amendments to the budget, amounting to more than 1.6 million euros, nor the fact that the spokesmen of the socialists and Valencianists emphasized the dialogical tone of the first vice president, Ana Serna, were sufficient arguments. He said that they abstained from voting at least this Wednesday in the Provincial Palace in order to overcome the obstacle that the Cooperation Fund currently represents. The Socialists have already justified their vote against last year due to the refusal of the government team to participate in the Cooperation Fund.