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Back down in the face of popular pressure. The mayor of Burgos, Cristina Ayalaannounced this afternoon that the city council would not listen to pressure from Vox and would include positions for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the 2025 budgets. Accem, Atalaya Intercultural and Burgos Acoge.
Its government partner, Vox, had established this principle in order to be able to approve the accounts, so now everything is on hold. Of course, the first mayor prefers not to think about it. “It would be ridiculous for aid of 119,000 euros to jeopardize an exceptional city project on which they have been working since May 2023.”
It should be remembered that Vox broke with the Junta de Castilla y León itself on this issue, after learning that the PP would agree to welcome more immigrant minors into the Community at the request of the government. Although in a few minutes the vice-mayor and representative of Vox announced another appearance, Fernando Martínez-Acitores.
“We will reconsider this decision. We understood that we had to reverse this decision and that the agreements with the three NGOs remain in the same state as in 2024″, announced the mayor during an appearance offered this afternoon to the media and reported by this media.
The matter went far to the point that Ayala admitted that this decision had been communicated to the president of the PP of Castilla y León, Fernández Manuecoand even the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra.
“It is a network that will be difficult for the Town Hall to ensure. We had a meeting with the NGOs and we wanted to know how this suppression measure affected them. And they explained to us what they were doing,” he explained. at the same time as he said that he had received numerous messages from citizens. “It’s a question of responsibility,” he insisted.
“I saw that it was necessary to rectify this decision, because I am convinced of the work that these associations are doing so that Burgos is more tolerant, diverse and that there is better coexistence,” she added .
“The PP came to this city to make Burgos better, never to confront,” he assured.
To questions from the media on how this will be achieved, the mayor indicated that this would be done through a Finance Commission, scheduled for next Tuesday, where an amendment will be made which provides that the agreements with these three associations remain in force. . the same figures as in the previous budget. “We are convinced that this is an amendment that will be approved and we would also like the budget to be approved,” declared the councilor.
