"The Socialists consider it necessary and urgent a new financing system for municipalities. This is an old claim of municipal PSOE after more than 30 years and several governments in Spain is still pending," report from the PSOE in Totana statement.
However, it is not true that Zapatero's government has dropped the provision from the state to municipalities, but rather the opposite has been the period of democracy in which more has increased. In 2004, when Zapatero get the government of Spain, the State contribution to the municipalities was 10,300 million euros, in 2009 the contribution will be 14,540 million euros. This means that in this period the contribution made by the State to the municipalities has grown more than 40%, while in the same period the CPI increased 15%, "added from the PSOE.
"Additionally, this year the Zapatero government has provided additional funds to the municipality of 8,000 million euros to help them overcome the economic crisis, which is a State contribution to municipalities exceeding 22,540 million euros, increase over 2004 of 217%, "according to when socialist totaneros
They add that "for the city of Totana the increase has been much more significant, since the budget was in 2003 a State contribution of 3,444,000 euros, and in 2009 this contribution was increased up to 5,600,000 euros, ie the council itself recognizes in their budgets in this period increased 62.6%. Like the rest of municipalities of Spain, the de Totana has received a special contribution in 2009 to help overcome the crisis over 5 million euros. "
"With real data management and contrast the city of Totana receive in 2009 the government of Zapatero almost 10,800,000 euros, 313% more bone than you received in 2003 with the Aznar government."
For the PSOE, "these data have pointed to the deputy spokesman of the PP in Totana, and demonstrate the demagoguery of the council of the PP who blame everything to Zapatero."
"They should admit to the residents of Totana that the economic situation of the municipality is not responsible for Zapatero's policy but waste and mismanagement that has characterized the PP in the past six years," he added.
"Once again the popular council hide behind the lie to the lack of ideas and arguments to counter the constant complaints that are made from the opposition on the disastrous management are doing," he added.
