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PAN urges the Prime Minister to “pay what he owes to the animals” accusing the Government of a debt of 13 million

The PAN criticized the Government on Wednesday for what it says is the lack of financial support for animal protection in the 2025 budget proposal, launching a campaign urging the prime minister to “pay what he owes to animals.”

People-Animals-Nature installed this Tuesday, the day in which debate in general of the proposal of State Budget for 2025, an ‘advertising poster’ next to the Assembly of the Republicin Lisbon, with the message “Montenegro pays what you owe the animals.”

According to the PAN, The execution of the funds provided for in the State Budget for this year failed and that support is missing in the new budget proposal that will be debated in plenary this Wednesday.

In a statement, PAN spokesperson Inês de Sousa Real highlights that the survival of the institutions that protect animal rights “is being questioned, because this Executive, headed by Luís Montenegro, in addition to not paying what it owes, executing the budget, does not provide any financial support for the cause animal in OE 2025″.

“The Government has a debt of 13 million euros with the animal cause, while the budget planned in the OE for 2024 continues to be executed. intended to financially support institutions and associations that, day after day, defend animal rights,” says Sousa Real.

In addition to wanting to see the Government”commit to paying their debts”, the PAN also wants the Executive to develop a national strategy to protect animal rights.by reinforcing animal welfare policies.

The alleged lack of funds for animal protection – pointed out by the PAN as one of the party’s main justifications for voting against the budget proposal for 2025 – has already been rejected by the Minister of Agriculture, who guaranteed that the budget allocation for Animal welfare will be reinforced in the General State Budgets for 2025, with an estimated amount of almost 500,000 euros.

According to the minister, there are funds foreseen in the global endowment of the Ministry of Agriculture, but also in the Ministry of Finance, although they are not included in the provisions of the bill presented last week, like other investments.

Source: Observadora

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