The Regional Legislative Assembly approved on Thursday night, by majority, the Investment Plan of the Region for 2009.
The members of PS, CDS/PP and PCP voted for the diploma while the members of PSD, BE and PPM voted against it.
The value of the public investment expenditure in the Azores expected for 2009 reaches 811.4 million Euros.
From this toParliament approves the Annual Regional Plantal, about 533.9 million Euros are of the direct responsibility of the Government while the remaining 277.5 million Euros are from other investment funds.
The Parliament also approved, with the votes of PS, the abstention of CDS/PP and PCP and the vote against of PSD, BE and PPM, the Medium-term Guidelines, a document that formalises the Government policies for the quadrennium 2009-2012.