The Popular Party (PP) has denounced that the mayor of Morella (Castellón), the socialist Rhamsés Ripollés, «increased the invoiced advertising expense to the companies of the brother of the President of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, up to 48,000 euros «.
This is clear from the 2020 liquidation, as indicated by the PP in a statement, which has had an impact on the «Increase in spending on self-promotion compared to 2018 that benefited the Puig holding company».
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«These companies entered 48,605.28 euros, although the total spent on advertising reaches 54,050.28 euros. In any case, an amount very similar to that received by all the companies and the self-employed in the municipality in the most difficult year in recent decades, “said the PP.
The ‘popular’ spokesman in Morella, Jesús Lecha, has condemned that the pandemic, with “people confined, time limitations to be able to go out, businesses that had suspended or limited their activity and canceled cultural activities and postponed parties”, “He demanded from the mayor the maximum willingness to help and not waste on advertising”.
From the training they add that “31% of the money transferred to the holding company was processed during the period between April and June.” “Morella paid 15,304 euros in advertising and propaganda, mainly cultural, while everything was paralyzed and confined in our homes”, emphasizes the PP
Lech pair, «Wasting all the neighbors’ money on self-aggrandizement makes no sense When there are people who are having a hard time, they have become unemployed, they must resort to food stamps and aid to pay the mortgage, fixed expenses or simply do the shopping.
Finally, the PP spokesman has trusted that, In 2021, the mayor “stop wasting on propaganda and invest more in Morella and its towns, because there are needs even though he ignores them”. In this regard, he has guaranteed that the PP “will support any initiative that tries to relieve families, self-employed persons, SMEs and micro-enterprises of the tax burden exerted by the council on them.” “We are one of those who pay the most and receive the least,” he has settled.
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