“The rules are too restrictive…”

While the majority of the population is pulling the devil by the tail, Liège has let slip 2.5 million € in federal aid and risks doing the same with the millions from the energy fund, denounces the PTB. The CPAS mentions criteria that are too restrictive.

As part of the Covid crisis, Liège, like the other cities, received an envelope from the Federal government to help the population financially weakened by the restrictions or closures imposed. It was then the CPAS which was responsible for distributing this federal windfall, of just over 7.5 million for the Ardent City.

However, to date, while the accounts have been closed since last March, “only” five million have been used. The balance, i.e. nearly 2.5 million, is therefore distributed in the state coffers. “While the needs are there”, deplores the Liège PTB, through the voice of Antonio Gomez Garcia, who will challenge the Liège municipal college on Monday.

► The CPAS risks doing the same for the energy fund: Antonio Gomez Garcia explains it here

► Here are the explanations of the president, Jean-Paul Bonjean
“The rules are too restrictive…”