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The deputy spokesman of the Socialist Municipal Group of the City of Murcia, Begoña García Retegui, will lead the Councillor responsible for Culture, Jesus Pacheco, to request information about the VII International Film Festival IBAFF of Murcia, before the news appeared in various media and promoted on the platform Change.org in the sense of the changes planned for 2016 with respect to last year's campaign.

Specifically, García Retegui want to know the budget for the 2016 edition, changing venues and the potential impact in terms of quality of supply, jobs affected, guests, etc.

Also, the circumstances that may have led to earlier artistic team to question the funding allocated for next year, and that motivated the development of a manifesto in defense of IBAFF Festival and a campaign to collect signatures among professionals from the film .

The campaign developed at Change.org platform states that "in just six editions, the film festival IBAFF had become a meeting place, thought, dialogue and learning, a festival that was consolidating as an example in the panorama national and international film. A space from Murcia, but for everyone who understood film as another expression of life and culture ".

It also states that "we defend it in critical moments like when most needed are initiatives such as the IBAFF, spaces that favor the encounter, thought, and generate wealth, not only economic, but intellectual and cultural. Without support institutional and appropriate budget line ELA descenso on quality and presence of the event in the city is a major loss for the city of Murcia. "

The letter ends by stating that "this is why we call on the responsible authorities to reflect on the importance of this event, the future of the city and reconsider their decision."

Source: PSOE Murcia