Dozens of people have come this morning to the booth set up by the Department of Housing, Transport and Trade and the Federation Thaderconsumo in the Plaza de Santo Domingo on the occasion of World Consumer Day, to learn about consumer rights.
Municipal technical staff Thaderconsumo Federation have distributed brochures and information leaflets on the most topical issues of interest to consumers, such as DTT, the release of the electricity sector, the different types of finance, energy saving telephony. ..
According to Councilman Antonio Castillo "is a government obligation to ensure the safeguarding of consumer rights that apply to you. That is why this Council has bet, bets and bet on the politics of consumption activities involving information, training and education being developed in our municipality addressed to all social groups.
The mayor added that "more than a thousand schoolchildren have benefited over the last year of consumer workshops were carried out in schools as well as older people have attended the informative lecture we carry out in their schools. The last performance was the conference held last February 26 on the release of the electricity sector and the goals of healthy living.
The OMIC last year collected 23,511 inquiries and 4,061 complaints, which includes a total of 27,572, representing an increase of 6,610 over 2008.
In the area where there were more consultations and representations were in mobile telephony, with 2,500, free housing, with 2,139 and electricity, followed by 2,134 dwelling with 2,005, and fixed telephony with 1,178.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia