“Sánchez has given us only diving glasses”

The Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, It has launched an appeal to the Government in the face of the “social crisis” that the capital is already suffering and will worsen in the coming months. “Nwe need for a tsunami Social measures of truth, and the Government of the nation has given us more than diving glasses, so that we understand each other, “he denounced.

“We have a surplus, we have debt that we have to amortize that we could put on the street now, “he continued, noting that the Social Services of the Madrid City Council are detecting” as situations of vulnerability that we could never have imagined that could happen in a reasonably ordinary situation. ”

In an interview on Telemadrid, Almeida believes that they are necessary, and as soon as possible, “forceful, effective, severe and fast” measures to face “the immense social crisis that is coming”. “We have the financial capacity and it depends on the Government that we can apply them immediately”, he continued, to emphasize that the Madrid City Council “wants to get there from now on to the most vulnerable people. ”

Thus, Almeida explained that Madrid residents have “security” since Monday to access the resources of the City Council.“First we will pay the aid and then we will ask for the documentation”, has said. The mayor of the capital refers with this statement to express aid of 300 euros approved by the Consistory on Monday. They are intended for families in vulnerable situations, will be granted as of this week and the need can be justified after having received them so that this procedure does not delay the perception of the amount.

In a month the Madrid City Council has received the same requests for food aid as in all of 2019, around 33,000, and 20,000 families are already served through emergency plans together with districts and social entities.

Parks will not open

Almeida has also announced that, for the moment, city ​​parks will not open, for use by children, runners and adults during relief from confinement. “Nor do we want the images that led us to close the parks to be produced again “, has specified.

For this reason, the municipal government is betting that the conditions are “very strict”, and has acknowledged that it is “a very difficult decision”, since “there may be some misunderstanding”, since there are citizens who “would prefer to see these parks open”.

“The pandemic is not defeated and we have not defeated the virus. We have made a tremendous effort and we are close, but as long as we have not, we have to avoid taking measures that form crowds and take small steps safely“, has explained.

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