A kind of austerity memorandum. Or, according to the official name, a “roadmap to strengthen self-financing of the Left Bloc. At a time when it is going through serious financial and organizational difficulties, the party leadership has devised a action plan to try to improve the finances of the Bloc and even save some of the seats who were at risk with the electoral disaster in January. For part of the militants, a necessary evil; to another, another type of increase in the cost of living, but now within the Apple itself.
The measures were designed to prevent the party from resorting to banking debt, explained to the Observer party source. But they can cost the ordinary “taxpayer” of the Bloc: from the outset, the document, according to information collected by the Observer, foresees a significant increase in the annual fees paid by adherents, who spend from 15 to 25 euros.
In addition to the national quota, a mechanism is provided by which party constituencies may choose to save the local headquarters. In other words: initially, and faced with the brutal cut in party subsidies for having obtained far fewer votes in these elections and, therefore, having seen its bench shrink (it went from 19 deputies to five), the party had predicted what to need close many offices – decide which ones in meetings with the districts – and start organizing the districts by grouping, sharing employees.
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Source: Observadora
