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Alguazas City Council on a proposal of the Municipal People's Party in local corporation has adopted at its plenary session in late on Thursday, July 26, the removal of the Christmas bonus this year of both their 4 Councillors or part-time as your companion, this represented only by the Head of the Office of the Mayor-President.

This proposal has received in the plenary with the votes against the opposition groups in the Consistory (PSOE and Unity by Alguazas), will result in savings estimated at 5,983 euros, speak of an austerity measure that is in line the adoption of extraordinary measures proposed by the Government of Spain and that "require additional effort by the government, citizens, public servants and political leaders," said Mayor alguaceño, José Antonio Llado Fernandez, who has reiterated that such measures are "necessary to overcome the situation where we are because when you require sacrifices, policy makers have to be the first to apply them to ourselves. Although our City is healthy, this is an effort that we make with each other to ensure public services and their viability. "

"Our country is experiencing its worst recession in our history due to the excesses of the past in Spain spent the previous year to EUR 90,000 million more than they admitted, the government deficit is 8.9 percent of GDP over double the European average and the overall accumulated public debt of 800,000 million euros to be refinanced at a high interest rate of 6 percent, "says the mayor of Alguazas.

"Spain has reached a historic agreement with Europe to bring our economy to the dramatic situation of unemployment and debt, but for this we must comply with the recommendations because we start with an unsustainable debt," he remarked Llado Fernandez.

On the cancellation of the bonus to civil servants, Mariano Rajoy announced this past week, the Mayor of Alguazas highlights a substantial difference from other similar measures previously taken by the Socialist Party.

"Now is suppressed Christmas bonus but, unlike the action taken at the time by the Socialist Party is not going to strengthen budgetary, ie staff will not lose purchasing power next year as they lost themselves when the PSOE were down 5 percent salary. Also remember that this payment will recover in 2015 and will be returned as a pension fund or plan. "

This austerity measure focused on the elimination of Christmas bonus had already been paid to the councilors and staff released freely appointed by the Consistory adds another positive factor that reflects the health of the municipal coffers as it comes to be that Alguazas has one of the municipalities in Murcia that less spending goes annually to pay their council members and standing positions of trust that amount below 0.5% of the budget of the local corporation.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Alguazas