Council demands that Junta to take over paying for Primary schools

C.E.I.P. Santiago, La Linea

LA LÍNEA (Agencies) The Council is to begin the political action needed to have the Junta see that Article 52 of the Statute of Autonomy ('regional constitutions') "appears to say that it has exclusive competence over education." The town hall team under Mayor XXXXXXXAlejandro Sánchez says in a press release that, in common with other councils making similar claims, "it is claimed that the costs coming from maintaining education centres, costs of electricity, cleaning and staff such as porters, are wholly supported by the administartion with aqbsolute and exclusive competence, in other words, the Junta." The note adds that this should be resolved as soon as possible as the costs impact heavily on the municipal coffers. (Note: it will be remembered that primary schools were left uncleaned recently and had to close for a week. Costs of maintaining primary schools, in all its aspects, are the responsibility of the municipalities all over Andalucía. It is only those councils run by parties other than the PSOE that are now claiming the costs - just before local elections on May 22.)