Burgos Town Hall will not renew agreements for the care of immigrants through NGOs in 2025 Burgos Acoge, Accem and Atalaya Intercultural, which this year amounted to 119,000 euros, but he maintains the one he has with Cáritas, in the amount of 19,000 euros, due to an imposition by Vox, a government partner, to be able to approve the 2020 budgets5.
THE The spokesperson for the government team, Andrea Ballesteros, assured that the PP “does not agree with the withdrawal of these agreements” since, as he recognized, “these three immigration entities do a very good job in the city of Burgos”. However, “we understand that we are in a coalition government”, justified Ballesteros, and this decision is part of a negotiation in which the two formations of the government team had to give in and the PP accepted it “for as the budget moves forward.
Likewise, the municipal spokesperson assured that the agreements concerning development cooperation “will not be affected” and will be equipped with the stipulated elements.
“Request for Vox” to produce the 2025 accounts “It was about these three agreements,” said Ballesteros, who does not consider Abascal’s formation proposal to be blackmail so that the budget could be approved.
In this sense, the advisor recognized, in statements collected by Ical, that the two parties have their “differences” but also “there are things” that “unite them” and that is why “a coalition government” was agreed and she insisted that the withdrawal of points from the three organizations is part of “a negotiation” between the two parties and that “each has its priorities”.
For the councilor “it is not something easy” to assume because of the responsibility she has as president of the Directorate of Social Services and her direct knowledge of the work of the entities.
The nearly 119,000 euros allocated to these three organizations were transferred to other positions in the Management of Social Services, reports Ep.
