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| And to reactivate the local economy after the de-escalation | The mayor regretted the "reduced time frame" offered by the regional government to prepare and transfer these necessities projects to plan the reconstructionThe Ministry of the Presidency and Finance today asked the Totana City Council for an estimate of the resources needed to respond over the next few months to increasing social spending and to reactivate the local economy in this municipality after the de-escalation.Councilor Javier Celdrán has sent a letter to the mayor, Juan José Cánovas, requesting these provisions, which, they indicate, are essential in the framework of the regional strategy for economic and social reactivation "Reactiva", which the regional government is defining and designing with broad participation of the entire society.The municipal government team has already commissioned the pertinent reports to the municipal technicians in order to prepare the needs programs to be taken into account in the different areas of municipal management in order to cover, as far as possible, the needs of the population.In addition, the mayor has already transferred the information to the spokespersons of the different municipal political groups in order for them to make their contributions and proposals, given that before the end of the week, the General Directorate of Local Administration of those forecasts.The regional government's request to the municipalities includes information on what measures are contemplated, what groups each would go to, the number of beneficiaries, and the approximate cost it would have.The mayor of Totana has regretted "the reduced margin of time" that the Autonomous Community has given to the municipalities for the preparation of this important documentation, such as the projects that the municipal government contemplates for the progressive solution of this complicated crisis, according to has said.Juan José Cánovas recalled that the fight against the pandemic caused by COVID-19 is having a first health front and evident collateral damage of an economic and social nature, as a consequence of the containment measures that have been adopted to control infections and minimize the impact of the disease.The Murcian municipalities, in weekly meetings of mayors with President Fernando López Miras, have transferred, on numerous occasions, in recent weeks, the need to face an increase in social spending in order to meet the demands for services basic by the neighbors.

Some demands that are growing as a result of the hibernation of economic activity in these months, and which are causing worrying growth in the figures for unemployment, the closure of companies and the fall of the economy that supports well-being in the different municipalities of the Region.The counselor has indicated to the mayor that "attention to all groups, but especially those in vulnerable situations, is a priority for the regional government, as I am sure it is for your City Council.

That is why we understand that development initiatives that support them, that give support to those who are having the worst, is absolutely essential, and as a local administration you must feel supported to be able to face this task.

"He adds, in his letter, that "they are also necessary to be able to transfer in detail to the Government of Spain the needs in this matter that we have in our Region and its 45 municipalities, so that we can demand that the funds that we correspond and we need, from that announced state reconstruction fund against COVID, which is going to be distributed among the Autonomous Communities, and which we understand should reach the proportional part of the population that we represent as Spanish ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana / Foto: archivo