The House has approved, with votes for the Municipal People's Party, the Socialist Municipal Group abstention and voting against IU-LV, which has submitted an alternative, to urge the National Government to rescind the decision to raise a 4.8% electricity tariff.
The Municipal People's Party spokesman, Nuria Fuentes, has claimed that "Zapatero's government back to punish the Spanish consumers' pockets, was insensitive to the demands and needs of citizens."
"According to experts, the price of electricity accumulated 30% more expensive in recent years," said the councilman.
In addition, Fuentes has criticized that "it is really bleeding that has taken this decision now, precisely when the crisis hit harder and the general public we have to tighten our belts, when required sacrifices to the officials, who they reduce the salary, and even pensioners, who are frozen its, in many cases, poor pension. "
The mayor of Traffic Safety and has described this new rise of "unaffordable and unacceptable, especially in these very difficult times," adding that "gives the impression that the National Government is determined to put more and more impediments and thus further work on a crisis that is becoming harder to get out "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia