The president of the PP in Totana, Isabelle Nau announced that "his party sent a letter to the Prime Minister's Office, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, to be addressed as early as the new political year in September, immediately, reform of local financing and fulfill its historic debt to the town of Totana, amounting, according to figures, 25 million euros. "
Nau stated that "the People's Party in the city of Totana has filed motions on several occasions in full in this regard and noted that this situation is common to all municipalities in Murcia, where regardless of political orientation, there are proposals in these Terms claiming the Government's Office to resolve the local finance reform. "
He also said that "it appears today the negotiation of local funding is more than standing and apparently, the socialist government does not seem concerned about the structural problem suffered by Spanish municipalities, which have the same resources 30 years ago , and has even planned to cut aid to the new general state budget. "
He also explained that "during this time the demands of citizens have been increasing and municipalities now finance responsibilities assigned to the Autonomous Communities, without any increased revenue."
For this reason, the local PP is going to re-claim that "local funding to be tackled after the Government has not wanted to do it in parallel with the negotiation of regional funding, as demanded many mayors and presidents of autonomous communities."
Zapatero demanded that "the local negotiation based on the principles of autonomy and sufficiency and has indicated that the Prime Minister has now been five years municipalities cheating" because it "has not done anything about it and it is a priority to address once it has fulfilled its funding agreements with communities whose games in Moncloa keep it. "
For the president of the PP, "Zapatero's executive has completely forgotten what a clamor of Local Authorities of the commitments of the Government and the PSOE itself, ignoring the resolutions passed in Congress and Senate to demand a solution for local funding. "
Nau said the government of the Nation "sold" as a success the financing agreements with the autonomous communities "and has forgotten the great pending government that are closest to citizens who are the real need."
