“The Minimum Vital Income (IMV) is part of the social shield that the Government of Spain has put in place to serve vulnerable people.”
The Delegate of the Government, Sabrina Moh, recalled that this social policy covers 3,037 families in our city, that is to say more than 12,000 melillenses, of which more than half are minors.
The head of the Government Delegation regretted the lack of empathy shown by the President of the City, Juan José Imbroda, who described this measure as a “subsidy”, especially when “it is a protection that is given and that, in addition, it aims to encourage employment”, since the beneficiaries of the same have to meet several requirements, among them, be registered as job seekers.
“As long as a person is integrated into the labor market or their wages do not reach those established limits, the Government of Spain is protecting him, because our goal is to protect people,” he said.
Moh considers it “reckless” on Imbroda’s part to attack social policies that affect citizenship. “You have to be empathetic, you have to think that it covers many families and that many families need this measure, to make ends meet, so that their sons and daughters can eat,” he recalled.
On the controversy aroused by the Executive of the PP, Moh has stressed that institutional meetings must be made from institutional cordiality and loyalty while stressing that data must also be provided “that fits the reality”.
Thus, he recalled that the Provincial Director of Employment with the PP Government, Esther Azancot, in February 2016, spoke of 12,000 unemployed in Melilla as “a good figure” and assured that it was going in the right direction. However, when the number of unemployed is below 9,000 Imbroda qualifies as “horrible numbers”.
“We are aware that we must continue working to reduce unemployment and we are putting measures to keep that unemployment going down, but what we cannot do is that, when the PP governs 12,000 unemployed are a good figure and when they are in opposition more than 8,000 is a catastrophic figure,” he argued, while recalling that indefinite hiring has gone from 8% to 40%.
Important for Melilla
On the absence of Councilor Randa Mohamed to the III Commission to Monitor the Minimum Vital Income that took place yesterday in Melilla, Moh recalled that this is not the first time she does not attend this forum, since the popular one was also absent from the previous Commission that took place, despite being an important issue for the Melillans.
“We are the city that, in percentage, we are most developing this measure, this social shield and, therefore, it is necessary that we also see the why, that all this is analyzed and evaluated”, he argued, especially when “it is an important issue for the Melillenses”.
Sabrina Moh has highlighted that, in addition to the investments being made by the Government of Spain in our city, the fact that the Commission has taken place in Melilla contributes to putting our city on the map.
“It is good that this type of meeting takes place in our city and it should be noted that, for this Commission, the entire leadership of the Ministry of Inclusion has been transferred to Melilla”, referring to the fact that the Minister has been accompanied by the Undersecretary, the Secretary General, Directors-General…