The Assembly approves 489,567 euros for Culture after dismissing an allegation

The Plenary of the Honorable Assembly of Melilla definitively approved the credit supplement of 489,567.22 euros destined for the Ministry of Culture, financed through reductions in other credits, after dismissing the allegation presented by a private individual. The agreement was adopted in an urgent extraordinary session on November 6, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla (BOME) number 6430, of November 10, 2026, on page 5491, with the official reference BOME-A-2026-1254.

The decision affects the credit modification file number 27418/2026, processed as a credit supplement financed by reductions in other credits, and resolves the final pending step: the administrative claim filed during the public exhibition period. The agreement is communicated by the Acting Secretary General of the Assembly, Diego Giner Gutiérrez, in Melilla on November 9, 2026, by virtue of Decree No. 23 of 02/13/2025 (Extraordinary BOME No. 9, of February 14, 2025).

The supplement was closed with two linked pronouncements: the prior opinion of the Permanent Finance Commission, meeting in an ordinary session on October 22, 2026, and the final vote of the Plenary. In the commission, the matter passed with 8 favorable votes (6 from the PP, one from Mr. Amin Mohamed of the Mixed Group, and one from the Non-attached Deputy), 2 votes against from Coalición por Melilla (CPM), and 1 abstention from the PSOE.

Dismissal of the allegation and chain of reports

The first point of the agreement dismisses the allegation presented by Mr. Hafid Mohamed Mohamed, dated September 18, 2026, registered under entry number 2026083150 through the Single Registry system of the Autonomous City of Melilla against the initial approval agreement of file 27418/2026. The second point definitively approves the file.

Before resolving, the file accumulated five actions:

• October 1: report from the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Festivals.
• October 2: report from the General Directorate of Finance and Budgets.
• October 13: legal report from the Technical Secretariat of Finance and Budgets.
• October 16: Permanent Control report from the Comptroller’s Office.
• October 22: opinion from the Permanent Finance Commission.

Fourteen votes in favor versus six against

The spokesperson for the Coalición por Melilla Group requested to table the matter before the final vote. The proposal was rejected by 14 votes against (12 from the PP, one from the spokesperson of the Mixed Group, and one from the Non-attached Deputy) versus 7 votes in favor (4 from CPM, 2 from the PSOE, and one from Mr. Amin Mohamed, member of the Mixed Group).

Once the final approval of the supplement was put to a vote, the result was:

• 14 votes in favor: 12 from the PP, 1 from the spokesperson of the Mixed Group, and 1 from the Non-attached Deputy.
• 6 votes against: 4 from CPM and 2 from the PSOE.
• 1 abstention: that of Mr. Amin Mohamed, from the Mixed Group.

With this distribution, the agreement was approved by an absolute majority, in accordance with article 58.3 of the Assembly Regulations, as stated in the published text.

Other credit modifications in the same session

The extraordinary session of November 6 did not exhaust its budgetary content regarding Culture. In the fourth item, the Plenary authorized a credit transfer between budgetary applications for nominative grants for 89,225.99 euros, referring to the General Directorate for Minors and the Family, approved unanimously and published on page 5492 as BOME-A-2026-1255.

The transfer was financed through reductions in three applications—05/23103/22699 (Minors and Family Area, 62,606.35 euros), 05/23107/48001 (Subv. Collaborating Centers for Minors, 12,619.64 euros) and 05/23129/78000 (Divina Infantita Agreement, 14,000 euros)—and an increase for the same amount in application 05/23129/48001.

The agreement on Culture closes the administrative route opened by the September claim: with the allegation dismissed and file 27418/2026 definitively approved, the Ministry has an additional 489,567.22 euros charged to reductions in other items, an operation that directly affects the cultural programming of the fiscal year and the spending margin of the areas yielding credit.

Source: BOME, number 6430, of November 10, 2026, section I, pág. 5491 (official reference: BOME-A-2026-1254).