The decentralization plan for Government offices advocated by Generalitat President Ximo Puig does not appear to be a priority for Generalitat Vice President Mónica Oltra. The crusade undertaken by the Consel president to bring this issue back to the national agenda does not seem to have pleased the Generalitat’s number two person. Not because he’s against it, but rather because at this point in the legislature, he believes it’s not exactly a priority, because he’s tightening the screws of the Government to tighten the screws on the government, which calls for a reform that hampers the financing model. Community opportunities.
“The first thing we need to decentralize is money, and then they’ll bring us a picture of Reina Sofia if that’s what we’re looking for.” That’s what Oltra said in her weekly appearance after Consell’s plenary meeting this Friday, after she was asked whether the decentralization proposal Puig advocated was pervasive among all Consell’s members.
In this regard, he said that this initiative was “not discussed at the plenary meeting, it was not a common proposal”, but stressed: “The first thing we need to decentralize is money, we decentralize money, and then they will bring us a picture of Reina Sofia if that’s what we’re looking for”.
Puig’s new offensive to fuel the debate over the need to undertake the decentralization of State institutions appears to have made little progress at this time, at least in the conditions for which it was proposed. The central government turned its back on the Consell chief’s proposal to relocate existing state administration institutions. Isabel Rodriguez, spokesperson for the Minister for Executive and Regional Policy, slammed the door loudly on the regional baron’s suggestion on Tuesday, claiming that the disbanding of the Government’s headquarters only referred to newly created bodies and it was not. It affects the fundamental structure of the state, such as the Supreme Court and even the Senate. Therefore, Puig, who also failed to find strong support in his closest political environment, has nothing to do with what he is proposing.
The groups of the Valencian left did not defend their renewed proposals for institutional deconcentration with the force that might be expected. Rather, they focused on demanding that the Government exert some other effort to undertake the investments committed to the Community, as it has realized only 42% of what has been allocated in the budget since last year. In fact, they branded the Valencian president’s proposal as a make-up operation for the autonomous state when what was really needed was a constitutional reform. As expected, Valencia categorically rejected the right and demanded that Pedro Sánchez comply with the planned investments.
Source: Informacion
