Consell will approve a decree this Friday that will distribute equally over the next 36 months the deferred payment of the water sanitation fee, which was postponed for a year by the previous Botànic government and is now starting to reach water revenues. As the Minister of Environment, Water and Land explained, Salome Pradas, The next plenary session of the Regional Government will approve this decree, which will not only increase the proportion of this payment, doubling the planned amount, but also forgive 30% of the outstanding debt of vulnerable people. and forgiveness of 50% of outstanding debt, 5% of deferred pay to the seriously vulnerable.
“Now it’s our turn to fix this,” Pradas said when he announced the approval of this decree in the Cortes. As mentioned, this will allow the payment period for the amounts deferred last year to be extended over the next 36 months (three years), and these amounts will be distributed equally across different invoices. That’s twice the amount of time he’s currently working. In addition, 30 percent of outstanding debts of vulnerable people will be forgiven and one 50% of the fee deferred to seriously vulnerable people.
Socialist sources pointed out that this announcement was a “patch” because it did not solve the real problem, and called it a “bad copy” of the bill recorded by this group in the Cortes last week. In this sense, the deputy ombudsman, Arcadi Spain, extend the suspension of payment of this tax until 31 December (as was done with a 10% discount on prices and free transport), forgive the entire amount for persons with income below 30,000 euros, and extend the repayment period for the remainder to 60 months; This is almost twice the period that would be included in Consell’s decree.
Beyond comparisons, the future decree is the most urgent announcement of all Pradas made during his appearance in the regional parliament, where he rolled out his department’s action plan for the next four years. Pradas, who switched between Valencian and Spanish and was the only one of the nine council members who attended the meeting, announced that there would be various changes to the laws regarding climate change in order to move from the “environmentalism of prohibition” to the environmentalism of “reason”. The Albufera Use and Management Plan, the promotion of the Metrovalencia networks and the Alicante and Castelló trams, and the demand for water “to avoid further unjustified interruptions”.
“We are opening a new era, our politics is the opposite of the left and change will be noticed in the Valencian Community,” the councilor said. To this end, it influenced the review of regulations on the establishment of investments because “no more banning for the sake of banning.” Arguing that environmental protection and economic growth “are not incompatible”, he added: “We will put an end to armchair environmentalism in the name of environmentalism of the mind.”
Law changes
The Climate Change law, the forest use law, Turia PORN, Lotup or a future law on Natural Parks seem to be points that need to be changed to make this “compatibility” feasible with the attractiveness of investments. Pradas also added the preparation of a future Coastal Law that would serve to “make the maximum use of our powers, harmonize uses and protect our traditional maritime towns” and which would include a “redefinition” of Pativel. He also insisted on reviewing Animal Welfare legislation “in a reasonable manner”.
But if the councilman insisted on one thing, it was to “eliminate bureaucratic barriers” that “merely hinder opportunity.” From here, he pointed out the pending files on the installation of renewable energy power plants (one of the issues that created the most tension in the previous Botànic in recent months) and stated that a single general direction was created by “unifying the criteria”. To put an end to “conflicting interpretations” in environmental and landscape impact statements. “We changed Go Home from Compromís to Welcome to the Valencian Community,” he said.