It was planned to continue the work carried out for the last four years within the framework of this authority in the Alicante Provincial Council. The head of the state institution itself, Toni Pérez, had already made this clear when he took office in July. But this continuity carries over to its final consequences. So much so that the disagreement continuing from the previous stage, Municipal Cooperation Fundcontinues to monopolize the debate and conflicts between the government team of the People’s Party and the left opposition formed by PSPV-PSOE and Compromís; For now, Vox remains a stone guest in the first one. We have been represented in the provincial institution for months. Even the fact that the Constitutional Court at the end of last September declared two articles of the investment plan invalid and recognized the constitutionality of the remaining points of the project promoted by Botànic did not prevent the focus on this issue. It was placed in the ongoing Provincial Palace Cooperation Fund. While the opposition from popular segments argue that they have judicial support to maintain their position, socialists continue to condemn the fact that municipalities in the province have stopped receiving more than 95 million in aid in the last seven years due to the rejection of the PP.
The government team is of the opinion that the Constitutional decision on the Cooperation Fund confirms the invalidity of the sectoral plans that the Provincial Assembly objected to before the election. Supreme Court of Justice of the Valencian CommunityCorresponding to the years 2023 and 2024 and approved by Consell. The Constitutional decision declaring two rules invalid leads the popular ones to emphasize one of them. “We understand that the decision to annul Article 7 of the law in question, due to its unconstitutionality, constitutes a blow not only to the law, but also to the Government, under the chairmanship of Ximo Puig and the Consell del Botànic, since the fund was not created according to the same distribution criteria as the state fund,” he says. Provincial Council president Toni Pérez.
resources
In this context, it is worth remembering that the State Assembly has lodged two objections to the TSJ of the Valencian Community through contentious-administrative channels against Consell’s agreements approving the basic financing plans for this year and subsequent years. The court issued an interim injunction but has not yet issued a decision. «The arguments used by the County Council against these plans are not exactly the same as those used by the popular group in their objection to unconstitutionality. CongressHowever, if the court finds the distribution criteria determined by the Generalitat unconstitutional, it is clear that the criteria determined in the sectoral plans will also be unconstitutional,” the popular leader claims.
Another of the arguments also used by the mayor of Benidorm is that the relationship that the Provincial Council currently maintains with the Generalitat, since the current administration, is in stark contrast to its last tenure. council president The person who was already quite aggressive towards the Cooperation Fund was Carlos Mazón, the previous president of the state institution. «We believe that with the atmosphere of dialogue that the Consel is now hoping for, a new law will be drafted or the existing law will be amended, which will give councils more freedom and greater participation and will truly support the smallest municipalities. , something we missed in Puig,” concludes Toni Pérez.
excuses
The socialist group said that the arguments used by the president Committee Stating that these are simply “excuses” for not making payments to municipalities, Erdoğan pointed out that those who are most affected by this situation are the segments with the smallest population. This week, Santapole representative Yolanda Seva served as the spokesperson on this issue. «Toni Pérez gives the typical excuses of those who cannot pay their debts. In his statements continuing with the statements made by socialist spokesman Vicente Arques after he learned of the Constitutional Court’s sentence, Seva said, “First he hid behind not knowing the penalty, and now he objects to municipalities not being given what they deserve.” The court stated that “all the PP wanted was to oppose Botànic”.
They demand 95 million from PSPV for the municipalities of the province. That was why last Christmas many of the leading faces of socialism in the state demonstrated in front of the gates of the State House. Ten months later, with a new assignment, Cooperation Fund It remains practically the sole cause of conflict, leaving other relevant issues, such as the implementation of plans, in the background.
Socialist pressure in the general assemblies of city councils
PSPV wants to put pressure on municipalities across the province to claim resources they feel the County Council owes them due to their refusal to participate in the Cooperation Fund. That is why the socialists, through different municipal groups, are considering presenting proposals at the ordinary general assembly sessions to be held in the last weeks of October in a significant number of Alicante city councils. The PSPV group also submitted a proposal on the same issue to the last general assembly of the Provincial Assembly.