PSPV-PSOE squeezes government team Alicante County Council, formed by the Cooperation Fund and PPs and Cs. The TSJ of the Community of Valencia prudently suspended the execution of the Consell agreement earlier this month, which forced the state agency to contribute 13.4m euros to the budget fund for next year. The Provincial Assembly, chaired by the popular Carlos Mazón, has always been against the investment plan, realizing that the Generalitat has invaded its powers, and now feels empowered by the TSJ’s decision.
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This fact caused a significant part of the socialist mayors of the province to gather in front of the parliament gates on Tuesday. State Palace demanding Mazón to join the fund because they think the state has lost 100 million in the last seven years. Toni Frances, the socialist mayor of Alcoy and also the PSPV spokesperson in the State Council, led the protest, accompanied, among others, by Elche alderman Carlos González; Elda, Rubén Alfaro, president of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces; Orihuela, Carolina Gracia; Xixona; Elizabeth Lopez; Dolores, Jose Joaquin Hernandez; Villena, Fulgencio Cerdan; or Pinoso, Lázaro Azorín. Other mayors, such as L’Alfàs del Pi (Vicente Arques), Xàbia (José Chulvi) and Rafal (Manuel Pineda), did not attend as they had to be in the Parliament where the Accompaniment Act was approved. Gerard Fullana, spokesman for Compromís in Diputación, also participated in a protest where President Mazón was accused of inciting corporate conflict.
Francés, “Mazon and the popular Cooperation Fund». The socialist spokesman at the state agency pointed out that Generalitat’s investment plan is “a historic municipal claim that, thanks to Botany, has led to progress in improving finances, reducing bureaucracy and committing to local autonomy.” Finally, he demanded that the chairman of the Provincial Assembly “withdraw the objection and listen to the municipalities to continue moving forward”.
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Rubén Alfaro, mayor of Elda and secretary of PSPV Corporate Affairs, demanded that “the siege and prosecution of the Cooperation Fund be stopped” as it is a tool “requested by the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces” since 1996. . The old man agreed with the accusations brought against Mazón’s stance because he thinks it “prevents the municipalities from having the resources to accumulate.” 100 million In the last seven years, it will give the municipalities freedom at their disposal”. The mayor of Xixona, Isabel López, added that the “Provincial Assembly was used as a tool in the service of the PP.”
Finally, Carlos González, the mayor of Elche, spoke. The councilor from Elche reminded that the “Cooperation Fund is included in the budget”. Community Autonomy Charter and developed by a law approved by the Cortes”. González also joined in on accusations that the PP-led government team was “partisanally using” the Provincial Assembly, which he believes has done “serious and grave damage” to municipalities. The interests of the citizens are being harmed,” he said.
PP sees ‘lack of respect for provincial autonomy’
The People’s Party’s response was not long after the meeting of the socialist mayors of Diputación de Alicante to demand the Generalitat’s Fund for Cooperation. He did so on behalf of Ana Serna, the second vice president at the state agency and secretary general of the state, who described the protest as a “PSPV tantrum” and a “contempt for the autonomy of the County Council”. Pablo Ruz, leader of the people at Elche and also senator, joined the PP’s response, accusing Elche councilor Carlos González of attending the rally to demand the Co-operative Fund, while keeping his silence about the new complaint the state is facing. in General Government Budgets.
According to Serna, the protest was “democratically hygienic”, but he also believes that the gathering of socialist mayors from all over the state at the gates of Diputación means “shamelessly bypassing the autonomy and decisions of the provincial institution.” The TSJ of the Community of Valencia has prudently suspended the 13.4 million contribution that the City Council must make to the Co-operative Fund in 2023 as of the beginning of this month.
Pablo Ruz, on the other hand, described Elche mayor Carlos González’s presence at the rally as “corporate disloyalty”. “It’s unbelievable that González will claim Mazón six days after another millionaire investment from the City Council arrived in Elche,” the senator said, adding that “it shows irresponsibility, sectarianism and ignorance.”