No 679
Monday 14th - Sunday 20th August, 2017
Tel: 637 227 385
FAOC slams inadequate Orihuela Costa Budget
With all of them voting in favour, the thirteen Councillors from the Partido Popular and Ciudadanos were enough to approve the 2017 Orihuela budget, despite the unanimous opposition from all other political groups. The PP and C’s approved the budget of 83,735,918 euros in an extraordinary plenary ses-
sion held last Thursday. The other twelve councillors, representing the opposition, PSOE, Cambiemos and Foro Democrata, all voted against the motion alleging that it was far too late in the year, and that it did not take into account any of their, more than fifty, suggested amendments that had been submitted earlier in the year. The spokesman of FAOC (the Federación De Asociaciones De Vecinos De Orihuela Costa), Tomás Moreno, was also quick to slam the Budget,
saying that “it was a backward step for the Orihuela Costa, where, despite the City council acquiring increased taxes, they continue to provide the residents of the Orihuela Costa with very poor services and an infrastructure that is both obsolete and defunct." He said that the Budget alloca-
tion for the Orihuela Costa is “insufficient,” even considering the additional funding derived from the sale of public land, and it will not solve the serious deficiencies that residents continue to suffer from on the coast. Continued on Page 2