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The delegation of Union Progress and Democracy Cieza its displeasure and total opposition to the rise in water rates, proposed and approved by the full City Council Cieza last April 1, based on grounds that do not respond to actual maintenance company Aguas de Cieza mixed character, but especially a tax collection effort.

Matthew Butler, UPyD local delegate, said that "the economic times families do not suggest another rate rise, which would add to the existing burden for families of the municipality".

Another UPyD member who also attended the plenum, Antonio López, expressed his astonishment at the lack of justification for the decision, as well as Oscar Verdejo, a member of the local delegation, said that "you can not make a climb of this caliber without some data to support it. "

"This decision only highlights the randomness of decision-making by the Consistory and lack formal justification in them, so that, our training in Cieza, showing total contempt for this way of working. It seems a complete lack respect for democracy and intelligence ciezanos ".

These increases directly affect more than 35,000 citizens, and many traders do not pass a good time of financial liquidity and for which the city of Cieza loads increase them.

Since our formation we find it incredible that the City justify making this decision based on the data submitted by the company managing the water, since this report in no way justify the rate increase, from UPyD believe that the City should make a true hybrid resources survey and Cieza Water situation, which is a mixed character, and if considered necessary to increase tax collection.

Is so from UPyD insist on transparency ask that such decisions are taken with the support of all political parties who are in the Consistory.

Furthermore, according to Butler, "the City can not do business with something as basic as water is constantly rising and after taxes and fees.'s Also totally unfair, and this fee will be applied equally to all citizens regardless of water consumption do ".

Thus, the City made an increase of 10% due to increased Quarterly fee, which will be € 4.28 per bimonthly bill.

The fact that water consumption is reduced further in recent years, leads to the paradox that the reduction ends up increasing the cost that citizens have to pay for drinking water.

Justification for the Councillor Services, Fernando Tamayo, that with this rate "has created a special social fund, worth 50,000 euros per year, in order to meet the debts of families in weak economic situation under the supervision of Services Social "from Cieza UPyD conclude that" the government team can not make such a climb, and it is best not to remove more families at risk of exclusion, which are many, to raise a fund to help put down the abyss after that we are leading both national government and regional and local ".

Source: UPyD Cieza