It may be a time of financial crisis and municipal coffers may be low, but the ruling minority PSOE government is proposing to increase political spending by 37.5% in the hope of persuading the opposition parties to support the 2012 Budget.
The move, if approved, would see the creation of five ‘positions of trust’ for all the political parties represented on the Council. These would be part-time jobs with thirteen months salary of €793.08 per month.
This adds around €72,000 per year to the budget for ‘political’ spending. The Mayor of Torrox, Francisco Muñoz (PSOE), justified the decision by stating that when the PSOE came to office they did not fill all the positions of trust, therefore they have mdoified their titles so that they can now become available for the opposition parties.
The opposition PP and IU say that the move is just a move to try and buy their support for the budget.