The Government justifies its advisers and compares them with PP administrations such as Madrid and Andalusia, with higher ratios

MADRID, 7 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Government insists on defending the number of advisers that make it up, frequently questioned, and stresses that, in proportion, it has a lower ratio than PP Administrations, such as the Community of Madrid of Isabel Díaz Ayuso or Andalusia, chaired by Juanma Moreno.

This has been done in a written response to a question registered in Congress by Vox, which was interested in whether the Executive is contemplating reducing its budget in terms of positions and advisors "to lead by example the economic effort that families and companies as a consequence of the economic, energy and social crisis".

In the response, collected by Europa Press, the Executive refers to the approval of Royal Decree 2/2020, of January 12, by which the ministries were restructured "in order to promote the priority objectives for Spain, develop the program policy of the Government and achieve the maximum effectiveness in its action and the greatest efficiency in the functioning of the General State Administration".

It adds that "the determination of the number of positions conforms to the regulatory provisions of this matter and fundamentally to article 23 of Royal Decree 139/2020, of January 28". It establishes that "the basic organic structure of the Ministerial Departments, in which the composition of the cabinets of the holders of the Vice-presidencies, Ministries and State Secretariats is determined," he recalls.

In any case, the Government mentions that article 2.2.j) of Law 50/1997, of November 27, establishes that the creation, modification and suppression, by Royal Decree, of the Ministerial Departments, as well as as well as the Secretaries of State.

In this line, the Executive also compares its figures of advisers with those of autonomous communities governed by the PP. In addition to the numbers of Andalusia and Madrid, it also mentions those of Galicia, governed by Alfonso Rueda.

According to the data provided in its response, the General State Administration has a temporary staff ratio of one for every 44,600 inhabitants, which is below that of other administrations, such as Andalusia, with one temporary for every 39,800; Galicia, with one for every 12,400; or Madrid, with one for every 23,500.