The Mayor of Burgos (PP) loses the question of confidence with the votes of the PSOE and Vox

The mayor of Burgos, Cristina Ayala (PP), lost the confidence of the entire city council after The PSOE and Vox voted against of the question of confidence that was asked, linked to the approval of the Budget 2025after the breakdown of the coalition government with Vox.

The four Vox advisors, who until last Friday were part of the government team, and the twelve from the PSOE, withdrew their confidence from Ayala, who will continue as advisor and govern in minoritysince the socialists will not present the motion of censure that the law allows, given that it would require an agreement with Vox.

Cristina Ayala defended that it is a right and an obligation of the mayor to try to approve the budget, which was rejected during the municipal plenary session last Friday, with the votes against the PSOE and Vox, after recovering the aid to NGOs serving migrants, although he accepted the withdrawal of Santiago Abascal’s training.

“What I intend, it’s not very crazy, is to approve the budget and not condition it on any of the initial demands of Vox and the PSOE,” insisted the advisor, who It is nevertheless open to negotiation with both parties in the new stage of minority government.

“No blackmail, we go project by project”, He declared and defended that he had submitted to the question of confidence, making his position available to the rest of the parties, thus paving the way for a motion of censure and a change of government.

The PSOE demands the resignation of Ayala and Vox announces a responsible opposition

The spokesperson for the PSOE and former mayor of Burgos, Daniel de la Rosa, said that Ayala “deserved harm” for the plenary session to withdraw its confidence in her, due to her “arrogance, arrogance and his inability to dialogue. accused her of despising and humiliating the PSOE, rejecting every outstretched hand, the last during Friday’s plenary session to approve the budget.

The socialist asked Ayala to demonstrate “a minimum of political height, to accept his failure and make way for the next one”, to resign, and indicated that his opposition will be inflexible, although it will be willing to reach agreements , but he asked the PP which isolates the extreme right, because “They can’t have it both ways.”

For its part, Vox will make a constructive opposition, but also firm and energetic, according to its spokesperson, Fernando Martínez-Acitores, who assured that his party would launch into opposition with the satisfaction of having fulfilled its duty, and would give priority to the opposition. interests of the city and citizens.

No motion of censure

The mayor’s loss of confidence now opens a period of one month for the presentation of a motion of censure, which the PSOE and Vox have already advanced, which this won’t happenbecause this requires an agreement between the two parties and that will not happen. For this reason, the mayor asked the PSOE and Vox to send in writing, one or both, that they will not present this motion of censure so that the one-month deadline does not pass and so that budget approval can be discussed. , before the secretary’s report.

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