approval Generalitat budgets entered its final phase for next year. There will be three days of debate this week in the Valencian Parliament where the changes will be voted on, before the next week’s plenary sessions, when the final green light will be given to the accounts. More than a formality, these sessions started off quite exciting, with inconsistencies and criticism from an opposition between PSPV-PSOE and its two partners at Botànic, Compromís and Unides Podem, at the expense of the Inheritance Tax. The 4% increase in salaries of senior regional officers is not applicable.
polemic
These discussions only confirm the electoral environment that has permeated all institutions, including the regional elections to be held at the end of May next year, if there is no progress. Proximity to elections means organizations further position and profile themselves, so there’s no question it’s about voicing differences with the partners they co-manage. This, for example, botanicalIt’s from the right that the parliamentary groups Compromís and Unides Podem did not hesitate this Wednesday to question the “tax gift to the rich”, which is the lowering of the Inheritance Tax to family businesses, a measure taken with support from PSPV.
Socialists justified their position on this point by assuring that what was sought was to “retain employment”. José Muñoz, a spokesman for the Treasury at the Cortes, considered reimbursement of this tax “necessary for the country.” Valencia companies profitable does not pass into the hands of non-inheritors” and thus continues to create employment. The opposition’s PPCV stated that the change in PSPV’s position occurred “because the polls were not in its favour”.
surveys
The fact that they are talking about the polls clearly reflects the electoral stance that permeated the budget discussions yesterday. From botanical groups, beyond their confrontation on tax issues, generalitat Conveying “hope” and “illusion” for the coming year, the opposition spoke of “election despair” and “social despair”. Muñoz also noted that Botànic provides qualities of “normality and stability” that are well received by “companies and workers”.
Compromís spokesperson Carles Esteve highlighted the “illusion” of the possibility that this second phase of Botànic could be chained by a third phase from next year, while Ferran Martínez at Unides Podem stated that the budgets ” social spending and investment in efficient fabric”. This optimism contrasted with criticisms of the opposition, such as criticisms of the PPCV, which accused the regional government of being more aware of the problems of the people or the C’s. revenues that hinder compliance with spending policies.
Another controversy was initiated by the opposition, which advocated freezing the salaries of senior officials and therefore not implementing the agreed 4% hike. Botànic’s response, “transparency” from public salaries. “I want the salaries to be transparent,” Muñoz said, assuring that the highest salary in the entire Community is the salary of the popular Carlos Mazón, president of the Alicante Provincial Assembly.
Cs Treasury spokesperson Yaneth Giraldo demanded Consell “not be.” raise the salary fell » and called for consistency. “It is unacceptable that the highest representatives of citizens do not set an example,” Giraldo said, before pointing out the salary freeze in the Provincial Council and Alicante City Council, where Cs is located.