The aid, corresponding to the +Cerca Plan, was granted for ordinary expenses in areas such as gardening, sports, culture, or education. Díez criticized the mayor, Pablo Ruz, for this loss of provincial funds and proposed that the government team "join forces" to demand greater speed from the President of the Provincial Council, Toni Pérez, on pending projects for Elche. The socialist spokesperson believes that "the City Council must be more demanding with the investments committed by the provincial institution and the Valencian Government".

The socialist spokesperson attributed the loss of the subsidy to a lack of attention in municipal management. "PP and Vox are not attentive to management and that's why aid is lost," stated Díez, who maintains that the City Council missed out on an already granted contribution that could have been used for improvements in public services. According to the PSOE, the subsidy would have allowed for the financing of ordinary expenses in municipal areas such as gardening, sports, culture, or education. Díez gave examples of possible improvements at the Polideportivo del Toscar or actions in schools like Dama de Elche.

"The subsidy would have been very useful to improve the Polideportivo del Toscar or to carry out improvement actions in schools like Dama de Elche," declared the socialist spokesperson, who criticized what he considers a contradiction in the local government's economic policy. Díez questioned how the municipal executive can raise taxes or public prices and, at the same time, not pay attention to already granted subsidies. "I don't understand how they can raise the price of water, garbage, or the tow truck to collect money and not pay attention to the subsidies they are awarded," he affirmed.

The socialist councilor extended his criticism to other amounts that, he indicated, have not yet been received from the Provincial Council despite being linked to relevant actions for the city. Díez pointed out that the City Council is already halfway through the year without having received the €50,000 allocated for the maintenance of the Palmeral or the €1.5 million from the Plan Planifica for the new sociocultural center of Jayton, in Carrús. "Added to this is that we are halfway through the year and the Provincial Council has not yet made the pertinent payments in areas as important as the maintenance of the Palmeral (€50,000) or for the work on the new sociocultural center of Jayton, in Carrús (€1.5 million from the Plan Planifica)," he indicated.

Díez also included in his assessment other projects that, in his opinion, reflect the Provincial Council's lack of progress in Elche. Among them, he cited the old CAM building in La Glorieta, acquired by the provincial institution and which, he denounced, has remained closed and unused two years after its purchase. The socialist spokesperson also recalled that the Elche Conference Center will not be built during this legislature, despite being one of the most anticipated investments for the city. For the PSOE, these delays highlight the need for a more assertive municipal stance towards the Provincial Council.

Faced with this situation, Díez launched a proposal to the local government to jointly claim pending investments. "We propose to join forces to demand the investments that Elche needs from the Provincial Council," stated the socialist spokesperson. The PSOE leader framed this initiative in the final stretch of the legislature and warned that both the Valencian Government and the Provincial Council have, in his opinion, "many pending accounts" with Elche. Therefore, he asked the City Council to act more firmly to defend projects he considers necessary for the municipality.