Moreno pide mantener a Andalucía al margen del embarramiento del debate parlamentario

The President of the Junta, Juanma Moreno, has expressed regret at the strategy of trying to muddy the parliamentary debate and has urged everyone to work for Andalusia and keep it out of the mud.

Moreno, who left the Plenary Hall of the Andalusian Parliament minutes before the end of the control session after successive calls to order by the President of the Chamber, Jesús Aguirre, to MPs from the opposition’s majority group, emphasized that the Andalusian Government is fully committed to the interests of Andalusians, working for better infrastructures, better public services, more employment, and more economic and social progress.

Evidence of this is the investments made in port infrastructures, roads, metros, and trams that, since 2019, have exceeded 2,000 million euros, with an average annual investment of 310 million.

In addition, there are important projects underway such as the extension of metros with an investment of over 700 million, including the works to extend to the new hospital in Malaga, the expansion of the Granada Metro, or the works on Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Line 3 North and the drafting of the project for Line 3 South and the study of Line 2 of the Seville Metro, among others.

On a different note, he announced that in July, alongside the summer hiring, there will be a long-term contracting offer for 500 resident internal doctors.

During his speech, he indicated that these resident doctors will be incorporated into new long-term needs as happened last year and that, unlike then, many of them, such as Family Doctors, will finish their training in July this year and not in September, and they can be hired in the Summer Plan that provides the necessary resources to Andalusian health centers and hospitals for their proper functioning.

«The main problem our public system faces is the lack of healthcare professionals, a problem that affects the entire country,» he added.

In this regard, he emphasized that defending the interests of Andalusians also means improving public services and highlighted the unprecedented effort made by increasing social spending by almost 9.5 billion since 2018, with a 44% increase from seven years ago, 55% more allocated to health, 45% more to education, and 94% more to dependency.

The Andalusian President reiterated the support of the Andalusian Government for education and public universities in Andalusia, which will receive the highest funding in their history this year following the agreement reached in April.

He asserted that 93% of the degrees offered in the Andalusian community come from public universities compared to 7% from private ones, and 95.7% of the master’s degrees are public.

Regarding new degrees, he pointed out that the Agency for Scientific and University Quality is independent, the Junta does not interfere in its decisions, and the evaluators are independent and from outside this community, ensuring that the degrees are recognized throughout Europe.

Juanma Moreno, during his speech in Parliament.

«They are the ones who understood that the proposals from Granada and Jaén had some deficiencies. Universities can appeal to a Claims Commission established today. If the appeal is positive, I assure you that the Junta will have everything ready to implement the degrees in September if the universities wish,» he added.

To conclude, he referred to the financing system and lamented that Andalusia is underfunded by 1.5 billion euros each year compared to other autonomous communities because of the current regional financing model, reiterating the call for a fair and equitable model that does not grant privileges to some over others. «I demand what this land and the people of Andalusia deserve.»