The PP describes the “Cabildo cut” in research, development and innovation policies as a hack. Counselor Valentín González warns that “the accounts for 2022 indicate a global decrease of 34.6% and 47.7% in real investments.”
González argues; “The Cabildo is wrong in not betting on science as a policy of great capacity to boost economic activity and employment.” For the popular, “the cut in investment and innovation is disappointing.”
González Évora indicates that “a transformation of the Island cannot be approached with a vision of the future without relying on and relying on research and knowledge,” to which he adds that “as we reflect in the amendments to the budget, it is essential that the Cabildo increase spending and investment in science and innovation, and in particular, in sectors that are strategic ”.
The popular understand that “the government should have taken the context into account to assess the health crisis that has put science in a prominent place and has revealed insufficient investment.” A situation that for González is “urgent to reverse and these budgets were an opportunity.”
The popular advisor considers that “these accounts are a step backwards for the improvement of the technological capacity of the industrial sectors or the increase of those who work in research”. It concludes: “The Cabildo backs down in its commitment to public sector spending on research and development, in addition to hitting entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation”.
