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| Among them social care expenses and the deficits caused in public transport and Cartagena, Puerto de Culturas | The Plenary of the Cartagena City Council, meeting this morning with extraordinary character, under the presidency of the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has approved to allocate two million euros to combat the social and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Part of that amount, 1,854,000 euros, has been through a proposal by the Councilor for the Treasury, Esperanza Nieto, for the application of the remaining 2019 treasury, with 450,000 euros that are used directly for social purposes; 504,000 euros to cover the deficit of the Cartagena Puerto de Culturas museum network and another 900,000 euros, to cover the deficit of the public transport service.The vote has reproduced the one already expressed earlier this week in the opinion of the Finance Commission.

The councilors of the municipal government have voted in favor, while Mc Cartagena has abstained because although they were in favor of the social destiny of some of the games, he has described them as insufficient since they did not reach 13 percent of the remainder.Vox have protested against it since in their opinion their need had not been duly justified and Unidos Podemos Izquierda Unida Equo who considered it insufficient.Esperanza Nieto has argued that they were intended for services that are essential for Cartagena, such as public transport, which costs more due to the obligation to reduce the capacity on buses and the costs of Puerto de Culturas that have not been paid with the tickets , because this network of museums and interpretation centers should continue to exist to attract visitors to our hospitality and hotels as soon as we reopen to tourism.This social spending has also been accompanied by the approval today of a budget modification amounting to 110,000 euros that the government wants to transfer to Social Services, from items originally intended for cultural activities in districts that have not developed due to the pandemic.This matter has had the favorable vote of the municipal government, Mc Cartagena and Unidas Podemos Izquierda Unida Equo, and the abstention of VoxThe last proposal of application of the remainder approved by the plenary session has been the one destined to resolve commitments of expenses acquired by the City Council, such as 300,000 euros for the improvements in the Carthagonova stadium demanded by the League after the promotion; 588,000 euros for the reestablishment of the economic balance of the parking lot on Avenida de América and 228,000 euros to attend to the patrimonial liability before the commercial Relinverg awarded the arcades of the Plaza de Juan XXIII, both the result of a court decision; and, finally, 40,000 euros for loan repayment.This last matter has had the favorable votes of the municipal government; against Vox and United We Can United Left Equo; and the abstention of Mc Cartagena.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena