The deputy spokesperson of the Socialist Group Parliamentary Group
Gomera, Jesús Ramos, insists on the importance of allocating these funds to
the needs and well-being of citizens
The deputy spokesperson of the Gomera Socialist Group Parliamentary Group
(ASG), Jesús Ramos, defended this Tuesday, the 18th, the need to
Promote dialogue to achieve flexibility in the spending rule. “It doesn't fit
in no way does the budget stability rule restrict the
use of the surplus that public administrations maintain in the
bank deposits,” said the deputy.
During the plenary session, Ramos stressed that “we must regulate
so as not to waste the surplus and dedicate it to the citizens, since it is
of public funds, so we must find a mechanism so that these
economic resources revert to the social interest and well-being of the
citizens.”
Ramos recalled that during the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council,
held on February 7, the Government of the Canary Islands showed its support for the
stability path and the 2020 deficit and debt objective, as well as the
budget stability objectives for the period 2021-2023. “Since the
ASG parliamentary group we consider that in these meetings
an agreement should already be formalized regarding the new system of
regional financing and, of course, new formulas to achieve
flexibilization of the spending rule of compliant administrations,” he said.
In the opinion of the Gomero deputy, “we must be more demanding about the start of the
debate around the new regional financing model, since it does not
We can continue waiting for months to pass until new meetings of the
Fiscal and Financial Policy Council.” He stressed that “we must begin to
reach agreements”, and put other formulas on the table for this, such as
meeting of regional presidents and the mixed commissions that were formed
between Senate, Congress and the autonomous communities.
“At ASG we will continue supporting the measures aimed at having a
more supportive regional financing system, to promote this
change of model from all institutions, even in the Cortes Generales, where we have representation and where we will ask for the start of the
dialogue,” he stated.
