In a press release, IU-Greens warned about the significant increase in the "outstanding debt" (debt owed to the bank on a certain date) Cieza City Council over the past four years.
Municipal spokesman ciezanos ecosocialists, Antonio Penalva, using published data, and therefore available to any citizen, on the website of Ministry of Finance and Public Administration has revealed that in the last four years, between 31 December 2008 to December 31, 2012, the council has moved from a "live debt" of 7.494 million euros to 9.386 million euros.
"This is the palpable reality of economic management of the PP in recent years, although in June 2010 approved a harsh and unbalanced adjustment to reset Plan municipal accounts after three years of waste and to ignore the warnings that is made from IU-Greens percentage that was being spent over what is entered, "stressed the mayor," and these are rough estimates of IU-Greens, but accounting data of the Ministry who runs Cristobal Montoro ".
Municipal spokesman IU-Green has stressed the delicate situation of the municipal coffers, "as the 'outstanding debt' to December 31, 2012 amounted, according to the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration 43% of the entire budget 2013 (21.9 million euros). "
"To this we must add, has stated Penalva-the amounts owed by improper revenue FOOT (Participation in Government Revenue), amounting to 2,677,499 euros, as reflected in the budgets of 2013 and the 4, 2 million euros relating to the obligations generated and not paid during the financial year 2012, figures that prevent going into debt to make investments to revive the local economy and create jobs.
With these data in hand, the city spokesman IU-Greens, has concluded that "the city of Cieza no exactly a situation to 'clap hands for joy', although the government team has been allowed to 'luxury' of not to include in the budget this year about 1.3 million euros they have to enter by way of various commercial zoning laws. "
Source: IU-verdes Cieza