The Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, accompanied by the Councillor of Agriculture and Livestock, John Pagan, has announced the cancellation of a debt of nearly half a million euros from the Autonomous Community of the Agricultural Cooperative Society Guadalentín by Paprika the Popular Parliamentary Group will bring to the Regional Assembly an amendment to the Law on Support of Regional Budgets, 2009.
The mayor explained that farmers who make up the cooperative did not have to repay the amount of several grants that the organization asked in 1998, at which the pepper industry was summed up in a terrible crisis.
The cancellation of debt, according to the mayor said at a news conference, have a direct impact on workers "who are responsible subsidiary against those who should direct the request for reinstatement as taking into account the current crisis, the cancellation of debt should be interpreted as an indirect measure to promote employment. "
The record of the debt amounts to a total of 460,552 euros, as indicated by the mayor, this amount comes from the time and no justification in the form of grants awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water.
As stressed Martínez Andreo, in 1998 the sector of pepper in the Murcia region was added in a deep crisis arising from the importation of the product and high prices ruined the market.
In 1999 the cooperative society was formed which is composed of 275 members, the majority of them are residents of the town of Totana.
Martínez Andreo has explained that the Popular Party spokesman in the Assembly, Juan Carlos Ruiz, got in touch with the municipal government team to know the state in which agriculture is in the town to try to obtain a solution as the president of Coag-Go, Peter Lenci, was also very interested in finding an alternative to the file.
To this request, as confirmed by the mayor, the mayor, following the line of work that the Consistory has set to help farmers as well as the stubborn defense sector by the Municipality, the government team opted to offer a solution to the problem.
At that time meetings were held with the regional administration to reach an agreement that the least passed on to farmers and thus their families.
The news of the cancellation of debt, according to the municipal councilor has said, reflects the commitment of regional government with the town of Totana.
The amendment proposed by the Popular Parliamentary Group of the Law on Monitoring of budgets by 2009, according to Martínez Andreo, you may also be supported by the PSOE and the Joint Group.
