"Pedro Sánchez is suffocating the Community of Madrid, which has the right to receive more than one billion euros from the Government of Spain, that we are owed and that are stressing the economic-financial situation of the Community." This is how blunt the Vice President of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Aguado, has shown today that it is "very complicated to prepare a draft Budget for 2020" and carry out the tax reduction promised in campaign by the PP and Cs for the first stretch of legislature.

Regarding the preparation of the budgets, Aguado assured that the "uncertainty is total" since the position of the Central Executive regarding "the income on account for 2020" is still unknown. "If the Government of Spain does not unblock the payments on account that it owes us, certain punctual payments to suppliers and the provision of certain public services will be put in check."

"Sanchez's irresponsibility is so great that he is putting his electoral goals before welfare and public services provided in Madrd to 6.5 million Spaniards," Aguado said in an appearance before the media.

"We are still awaiting more than one billion euros from public coffers and it is very difficult to make budgets. Uncertainty in Spain is affecting the Community. I worry as a manager, as a Government and as a Madrid because autonomy cannot be stopped," He has launched.

Given the circumstances, Aguado has acknowledged that " today it is not in a position to know if taxes can be lowered in the first leg of the legislature."

According to the vice president, we must see how macroeconomic data evolve and see how to proceed with the outstanding income of the Government of Spain "when they arrive". "The will of this Government is to lower taxes, but we are a responsible Government that wants to do things right and we will carry out the tax reduction when we can afford it economically," he said.

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