The Popular Party has lamented that Vox, their governing partner, decided to join the opposition (PSOE and Más Madrid) to block a budget modification they considered "essential" for investments in neighborhoods, citizen security, and municipal employee salaries, attributing the decision to "electoral interests."
For its part, Vox reiterated that the vote was conducted urgently and "without prior consensus," calling the PP's actions "a flagrant institutional disrespect and opaque management of public funds." The party led by Víctor Acosta has expressed its discontent with what they consider a "recurrent" practice by the Popular Party.
Vox recalls that the negotiation of the City Council's annual budgets is paralyzed due to the PP's refusal to grant them direct access to the accounting of the Autonomous Body Ciudad Deportiva Municipal, presided over by Víctor Acosta himself. They suspect this lack of transparency could hide "alleged irregularities and countless potential crimes."
The Vox municipal group points out that this situation has reached an "intolerable limit" with the current proposal of nearly €68 million, representing approximately one-third of the City Council's annual budget. They denounce that this movement of public money has been processed "unilaterally, without any negotiation and without even notifying their governing partner," responding, according to them, "almost exclusively to the electoral benefit and interest of the areas managed by the Popular Party."
Despite their rejection, Vox assures they maintain their "outstretched hand policy" and their willingness to negotiate budget modifications that are "strictly essential and necessary" for the proper functioning of public services in Alcalá de Henares.
The Popular Party responded by warning that the rejection of this budget modification "will mean blocking investments" destined for asphalting, sidewalk renovation, lighting, municipal building rehabilitation, sports facilities, and neighborhood improvements. It will also prevent reinforcing citizen security and meeting pending obligations for salaries, Social Security, suppliers, and essential contracts.
The popular party rejected Vox's insinuations about alleged irregularities, stating that "if anyone believes there is an irregularity, they should go to court and not try to politically intoxicate through press releases and unsubstantiated statements." They insisted that "complying with the law cannot become an excuse to block government action."
The PP concludes that "one cannot continue to be part of a government while systematically voting with the left against the interests of the people of Alcalá and against the city's stability," pointing to the "political disloyalty demonstrated by Vox in this Plenary session."
