- As explained by the municipal spokesperson, Julio César Fuster, «the current Council itself was the one that broke the model of interests that grants 100,000 euros to the Badajoz Carnival, which, by the way, seems little for the investment and participation of this event, but for Cáceres and Mérid and Mérid.»
- The local Mérida government believes that assistance to promote and organize tourist interest events, «regardless of their rank,» should be done «with their own capital» according to the budget for each of them, the participation, and the social and economic impact that it supports for the locality, in particular, and the entire region.
The local government of Mérida requests that the assistance and subsidies from the Extremadura Council, in the tourist interest festivities, be based on «investment, social and economic impact, and participation.» This is requested by the municipal spokesperson, Julio César Fuster, who emphasizes that «since then The Council itself broke the distribution pattern Economically among the tourist interest events of Extremadura, which has readjusted the system to align its financial support with the real impact of each of them fairly,» he explains.
And this in collaboration with statements from the Extremadura Board of Directors, denouncing the «political blackmail» of the request from the Mayor of Mérida, Antonio Rodríguez Osuna, to increase the subsidy to Emerita Lvdica, to which he contributes 2,000 euros to a budget close to 400,000 euros that largely benefits the City Council.
«If the current Extremadura Council has decided to break the model and give 100,000 euros to the Badajoz Carnival, which we believe is insufficient considering the impact of this event in Badajoz, it is time to, to avoid suspicion that they can only be accused of supporting municipalities governed by the same political sign, Change the subsidy pattern to promote the region’s events with greater equity,» highlights Fuster.
It is not fair that Mérida and Cáceres receive only 35,000 euros while Badajoz gets 100,000 for the Carnival, and the International Weeks and Cáceres share the international title,» Fouter points out, clarifying «reaching an agreement on the contribution to the Badajoz Carnival. The case with our International Holy Week and Emerita Lvdica, which has become one of the events with the greatest promotional impact nationwide,» says the spokesperson.
Therefore, Fuster requests the creation of the Extremadura Advisory Board to allocate municipal investment in each event, the real social and economic impact that each event brings to the autonomous community, and participation in them «so that we have a correct model for tourist interest events and people do not receive support solely because their municipality is not the same as the administrations or the population.»
Julio César Fuster:
