The Director General of Local Government, Institutional and External Relations, Juan Antonio Morales, today deplored the attitude of "belligerent and sectarian" the socialist mayor of Jumilla, Francisco Abellán, who did not attend today's ceremony diplomas to 427 new local police officers throughout the Region, of which 305 correspond to the Special Units of the Regional Public Safety Plan.
Morales recalled that the Regional Public Safety Plan was signed on May 24, 2006 by the President of the Community and the 45 mayors of the region, among which was the very Abellán, "a superb example of collaboration between management regional and local councils. "
The director of Local Government said the security plan has made to the City of Jumilla the incorporation of 20 local police officers and two patrol cars, "it seems that Abellán no need, contrary to what its citizens think locality. "
Morales said the Local Police Jumilla City Council has 48 seats, of which only covered 30, 20 of which correspond to the agents assigned to the Public Safety Plan, which means that two out of three local police patrolling the streets of Jumilla are supported by funds from the region.
As for the delay in transferring funds to the City of Jumilla, in charge of Local Government said that due to "bad", the mayor, "causing continuing problems in the transfer of funds from the Community."
Morales explained that the City must justify the subsidy received last year as a prerequisite for the payment of the annuity, 2009.
The deadline established in the agreement for the submission of supporting documents completed in March 2009 and, after various written and oral requests, receiving the same did not occur until last July 8, 2009, which caused the delay in processing the application.
Morales described as "very sad" that the Mayor of Jumilla excuse its presence in the ceremony this morning to spend the time to criticize the autonomous region, and regretted that Abellán, leveraging its status as a senator, "is not equally enthused Zapatero protest the cut in funding to municipalities in Spain for the first time in the history of democracy. "
Source: CARM