The PP and the PSOE were involved in the plenary session of the Cortes of Aragon for the community budget for 2025. The president of the Aragonese government, Jorge Azcón, appeared to answer a question from the PSOE deputy, Mayte Pérez, about the accounts for next year, which the socialist criticized for not having been presented, not even the expenses. ceiling. .
During his speech, Azcón explained that “the PSOE is the most incompetent to present budgets”, in addition to adding that he saw Mayte Pérez “absolutely lost”, recalling that the government of Javier Lambán delayed the presentation of budgets in 2016 and 2019denying that this constitutes “a democratic anomaly”.
He also recalled that the independence partners will demand 22 billion dollars from Pedro Sánchez euros to approve the general state budgets, in addition to asking the socialists if they will approve the equalization fund in the Congress of Deputies to compensate for tax losses on state revenues.
“If you are patient, you will be able to see how the reduction in taxes increases the collection of the Autonomous Community,” he told Pérez, assuring that this year the debt will be reduced and that the budget will be “better” executed than the previous ones. . socialists in their time.
He also said that “health is important enough not to lie.” In this sense, he denied that the waiting lists had increased and stated that after taking the waiting lists out of the drawers they were reduced by 12%: “If you are lost, you have a few years left to find you. “Said Azcón.
For his part, Mayte Pérez declared that “he won the elections 18 months ago, he is indisputable and he resorts to it when he finds himself stuck, but when will he assume his responsibilities? confidence and parliamentary weakness. »
The socialist spokesperson compared the “87 million less in liquidation compared to the 8 billion budgets”, alluding to the reduction in state revenues for 2025 and this year’s budget, criticizing “lack of control over accounts» and that Azcón “diverts the budget”, leaving “his strategy naked”.
He agreed to recover the loss of state revenue and told him that this “excuse” is not believed by “even the one who toasted the butter”, recalling that the Provincial Deputations of Huesca and Teruel (PP) will approve his budgets on time, after which he criticized him for always attributing responsibility for the problems in Aragon to the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez. “You do theater, yours is pure theater,” he concluded.
