IU has requested the appearance of the delegate for the National Plan, Francisco de AsÃs BabÃn
MADRID, 3 (EUROPA PRESS)
Spokesman parliamentary IU in the Health Commission of the Congress, Gaspar Llamazares, has regretted the reduction of 28 per cent suffered by the National Plan on drugs, taking into account the draft of the State budget (PGE) presented this Tuesday in the Chamber of Deputies, would have gone from 25 to 18 million euros.
East Plan has a rigid source which does not depend on Budgets that comes from the bottom of property confiscated by illicit drug trafficking, which could inject a quantity that could be around 4 billion, “However, is going to be very during affected by the cut,” as explained to Europe Press.
In its opinion, such initiatives, demonstrates that “the Government shrugged prevent and prefers to penalize;” “prefer the criminal State to social State, by making it cross a red line that said he would not hand over eliminating prevention policies”.
The National Drug Plan is one of the most important prevention strategies, he has pointed out, given that it includes actions designed to sensitize and inform social sectors on the risks which can lead to drug use, as well as the emphasis placed on everything that has to do with prevention in the fields of education and school.
For this reason, and following the presentation of these budgets, has requested the appearance of the current Government delegate for the National Plan on drugs, Francisco de AsÃs BabÃn, that, with this decision, “contradicts” his intention to keep as objective inside their actions policies on drugs and addictions.
“I asked his appearance to explain how we are going to meet their goals with this budget”, he added.
Also, later, IU asked again his appearance for stating how the management of the Fund of confiscated goods by illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes, is an essential element to finance policies on drugs. A month ago the Government delegate announced its intention, in this legislature, a renewal of the regulatory policy instruments of the Fund address.
“Dramatic cut”
Turning to budgets, said that “the Government is has jumped the red line in the health field”. Specifically, explained to Europa Press, is “particularly dramatic”, know that the amounts intended for the Dental Health Plan, promoted by the Government of Rodriguez Zapatero in 2007, and the National Plan on AIDS are eliminated in the budget for this year.
“Is an outrage to suppress the national AIDS Plan, taking into account that”is necessary coordination and the development of preventive measures, which are every day more necessary”, he added.
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Has also deplored the “dramatic cut” of the program of health policy and management professional, a decision that regrets because “somehow, the program is the way to plan the set of State health”.
On the other hand, finds it “ironic” that the public health Act has been recently adopted, “and the first thing the Government is Prime in that program”.
With independence that the cut can be considered moderate, taking into account other items, points out that “the State you are some very limited health powers”, although “the fundamental competence that should ensure coordination is through strategies;” “and that’s where shows that you do not want to govern the system”.
“The cut of the core competencies in health is dramatic and demonstrates a disorientation of the striking Health Ministry”, has been completed at the time who has been surprised by the increased staffing for 2012 aimed at pharmacy.
