Budget of the Lisbon Chamber goes this Thursday to the municipal assembly without guaranteed viability – Observer
The Lisbon Chamber budget, led by Carlos Moedas (PSD), is debated and voted on this Thursday at the municipal assembly, where the “Novos Tempos” and PS coalition have 27 deputies each, so the socialist abstention was announced does not guarantee a viabilization .
The Lisbon City Council (CML) budget proposal for 2022, which forecast an expenditure of 1.16 billion eurossecond second higher than the previous year (15 billion), was approved by the municipal executive at the fair, because PS councilors abstained, it was already councilor that Coins, as in the municipal assembly, does not have an absolute majority.
No, composed of 17 members, seven votes in favor of the executives of the “Novos Tempos” coalition (PSD/CDS-PP/MPT/PPM/Aliança), five abstentions from the PS councilors and five votes against from the remaining opposition, namely two from the PCP, one from BE, one from Livre and one from independent councilor Paula Marques (elected by the PS/Livre coalition).
However, the composition is of force in the Lisbon Municipal Assembly another PS abstention does not guarantee the feasibility of the budgetsince the socialists have 27 deputies and a right-wing coalition “Novos Tempos” as well – PSD (17), CDS-PP (seven), MPT (one), PPM (one) and Aliança (one).
PS at the Lisbon Municipal Assembly announces abstention from the budget and no obligation to discipline voting
The remaining deputies are distributed by PCP (5), BE (4), IL (three), PEV (two), PAN (one) and Livre (one), with two independents (elected by the PS/Livre coalition).
Among the 27 deputies of the PS is the president of the Municipal Assembly of Lisbon, Rosário Farmhouse, who has the final word in the event of a tie and, her vote for abstention, a second vote is necessary.
This is the first municipal budget for the 2021-2025 termunder the presidency of Carlos Moedas, who won as local councilors in September.
Lisbon City Council approves municipal budget of 1.16 billion euros for 2022
Tuesday told Lusa-feira that he hopes that “everything goes well” for the municipal assembly, so that the measures can not come into force “as depressing as possible”.
The mayor considered that the indication of PS abstention is “an important statement” and “very much”, with the exception that the PSD/CDS-PP governance is prepared for scrutiny of the proposal.
The PS in the municipal assembly announced on Monday the abstention position, but without implementing the voting discipline, defending the feasibility for there to be “government stability” and for Carlos Moedas “not having an alibi not to govern”said the representative of the socialist municipal group, Manuel Lage, in a meeting with journalists.
Carlos Moedas hopes that “everything goes well” with a vote on the budget at the Lisbon Municipal Assembly
However, the direction of the bench decided “not to implement the voting discipline”, so the 27 municipal deputies of the PS, which includes 13 deputies from the parish council, vote for or against.
Manuel Lage said that the decision came after “taking the pulse” at the PS benchin which he concluded that “all deputies have a clear notion that what is at stake is the stability of the city of Lisbon”.
The socialist dissects that “90% of the municipal budget presented corresponds to a budget of continuity still”, with commitments from the previous executive, chaired by Fernando Medina (PS), and that the new proposals are a reflection of the coli program “Novos Tempos” .
Asked about the 10% that lead to PS abstention, the representative said that the only meeting that took place with the leadership it was within the scope of the opposition statute, in which there were some measures, including in housing and “none of them was accepted”, taking into account, in relation to the lack of dialogue, that the PSD/CDS-PP did not like it while they were in opposition for 14 years, but now use “the same recipe”.
The lack of dialogue was also a criticism made by the opposition in the chamber.
The Budget and Big Plan Options for 2022-2026 were approved by the House on Monday, but the intention was to vote on documents on Thursday of last week. The meeting was interrupted after the PS warned of “an error of 40 million euros” in the distribution of funds, which forced a classification in the classification of expenditure for housing, with the action of “housing and habitat”, since that the amount of euros announced also includes rehabilitation, especially for day care centers.
enter as The measures that make up this budget are in the Recover+ program, with 13 million euros for non-refundable support to relaunch the economy; free public transport for residents under 23 and over 65; the 50% discount on EMEL parking for residents throughout the city; the free health plan for the most needy over 65 years of age; the business factory at Hub Criativo do Beato; and the return of taxes to lisbo receptacle, which becomes 3% of the IRS.
Other areas with this budget are housing, which now also includes the classification of habitat, in which the budget announced for this year is 116.2 million euros; mobility, with 102.7 million euros; and day care centers and other education facilities, in which the investment is 42.5 million euros in 2022, according to data presented by the executive.
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the budget for this year will continue to respond to the emergencynamely with 11.5 million euros for health, 8.3 million euros for the social area and 10.7 million for culture and the economy.