The Community of Madrid will have during this term 22 new senior positions . In addition to four other departments with their corresponding holders, who have joined the nine existing so far, 18 vice-departments, general directorates, technical general secretariats and commissioners will be created, which together raises the number of positions of maximum responsibility in the Autonomous Administration at around 135.

This is stated in the decree amending the organic structure of the Executive of the Puerta del Sol approved on Tuesday by the Governing Council chaired by Isabel Díaz Ayuso and published yesterday in the Official Gazette. These management positions, to be distributed among personnel designated by both the PP and Citizens (Cs), will have a gross annual remuneration of between 75,084 and 100,556 euros , depending on the category.

In the Community of Madrid they consider that it is a "fairly tight" figure given the creation of four councils and they point out that with the new organization what is sought is "to offer the best service".

The main reason for this increase in senior management contracts lies in the splitting of powers that have been made to fit the coalition agreement reached between the two majority parties of the center right. Thus, the area of ​​Finance has been separated from that of Economics, University Education, Housing Transportation and Sports Culture.

For each of the four councils that have been created, at least one deputy council , a general technical secretariat and several general directorates will be incorporated. Of the latter, they are once again, among others, those of Digital Transformation, Autonomous, Circular Economy and Bilingualism and Teaching Quality.

In addition, the Animal Welfare Commissioner has been established , who will also have his own manager in charge. This was one of the announcements of the regional president during her investiture speech with the aim of creating «a specific strategy against the abuse, exploitation and abandonment» of pets in the region.

Structure reduction

In their coalition Government agreement, the PP and Cs included a point - 144 - in which they committed to review the current public sector gear to eliminate “those bodies that do not meet criteria of general interest, effectiveness and efficiency and / or that suppose a duplication of competences », which was also one of the requirements of Vox in exchange for its support for the appointment of Díaz Ayuso. At the moment, the only thing that appears in the decree of modification of the organization is a disposition to initiate the extinction procedure of the Madrid Foundation for Excellence, an organism created in 2005 under the mandate of Esperanza Aguirre to improve business competitiveness.

In 2015 the orange formation imposed among its conditions for the investiture of the popular Cristina Cifuentes - without entering the regional Executive - a "reduction of the administrative structure" and the nine existing councils were then limited to seven. Now that both parties share the power of the Puerta del Sol, the number of portfolios has increased to 13, four more than the nine that there were at the end of the legislature.

Salaries

According to the current salary table, the president of the Community of Madrid, of the PP, will charge 103,090 euros gross per year , while her vice president, Ignacio Aguado (Cs), will pocket 104,928 euros.

In addition, each of the directors will have a salary of 100,556 euros ; the viceconsejeros, 97.277 - the same as the CEO of Metro-; the general directors, technical general secretaries and managers of organizations and public companies, 93,855; and those responsible for bodies without legal personality and commissioners, 75,084 euros.

In 2019 alone, 7.260 million euros were allocated to the payroll of around 200,000 public sector employees, 36% of the total regional budget and 5% more than the previous year.

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