The new mayor of Vélez-Málaga, Jesús María Claros (PP, brought to a plenary session a reduction of around 15% in the salaries of municipal council and opposition councillors, as well as temporary staff.

If that were not amazing enough… it was approved unanimously with the backing of the opposition:Andalucía por Sí, PSOE, Vox, and the non-aligned councilor, Elías García.

These salary cuts are projected to generate over 400,000 euros in annual savings, which will be directed exclusively towards street cleaning, maintenance, hosing down pavements etc, and new machinery.

Mayor Claros also announced that he is waiving any money he gets from the Town Council as Mayor, including amounts that might correspond to attending Town Council sessions. He also said that he will also decline remuneration from the La Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol-Axarquía and the public water-utility company Axaragua. “And I am going to start with myself,” the Mayor proclaimed.

Now, you might be asking yourselves why this sudden declarations of sacrifice from the town’s politicians. Well, Claros took office just six days prior following the resignation of the previous Mayor, Jesús Lupiáñez, which was triggered by intense public backlash and protests over a controversial, new rubbish tax…

(News: Vélez-Malaga, Axarquia, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)

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