On Friday 26 November, the association MIFITO of Totana, a member of FAMDIF, accompanied the federation and the other member associations in the Concentration in the Palacio de San Esteban. Members, employees and workers MIFITO traveled to Murcia on a bus adapted.
The Spanish Confederation of People with Physical and Organic (COCEMFE) is concerned with the impending approval of the Finance Act of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia for next year, which cut by 82% the amount to be received by your organization in this region, FAMDIF-COCEMFE Murcia.
COCEMFE President Mario Garcia has sent a letter to President Ramon Luis Varcalcel Autonomous Community, which conveys the position of the Cofederacion.
"If passed this law would mean the immediate demise of a pioneer in Murcia, with over 150 employees and serves more than 26,000 people with Physical and Organic.
Autonomous communities take refuge in the Dependency Act to justify these cuts, however, as described COCEMFE president "can not establish that disability and dependence are the same.
A clear example is that in our country there are 3 million people with a physical disability and organic and approximately one million are dependent. "
COCEMFE, is a non-governmental non-profit organization that was formed in 1980.
Its aim is to unite, strengthen, train and coordinate the efforts and activities of the organizations working for people with physical and organic to defend their rights and improve their quality of life.
The entity brings together more than 1600 organizations divided into regional confederations, federations and provincial government agencies which, in turn, bring together the various local associations.
