The debate that took place this Wednesday in the Cortes of Valencia Municipal Cooperation FundFollowing the non-legal proposal registered by PSPV-PSOE, the PP announced that it was working on a new plan together with its government partner Vox and three provincial councils controlled by the popular ones. The aim is to give the finishing touch to the project supported by Ximo Puig’s Botànic.
In the debate itself, the positions taken by the two majority parties remained as far apart as in recent years. Both groups claim that the Constitutional Court supports their arguments. Popular ones do this by pointing out that territorial law does not follow the same patterns as state law, alluding to the fact that the Justice struck down Article 7, which they consider the most important. PSPV, on its part, argues that: Constitutional He approves of the rest of the Botànic project and focuses his criticism on the governance of the Generalitat’s current president, Carlos Mazón, during his four years as president of the Provincial Council of Alicante.
Hundred million
Elche MP Ramón Abad was responsible for presenting the non-legal proposal presented by PSPV in the Cortes, demanding that the Provincial Assembly pay the almost hundred million they estimated they had left to enter the municipalities of the province of Alicante. Seven years in which the state agency refused to participate in the Cooperation Fund Botanical. “We have an investment plan protected by the Cortes law and approved by the Constitutional Court. The councils of Valencia and Castellón quickly joined them, transferring $160 million to their respective municipalities. On the other hand, the municipalities of Alicante suffered discrimination and this is Mazón’s responsibility,” Abad said.
This led to sustained criticism of Consell’s management during the president’s four years as chairman of the County Council. For example, it was used in Vega Baja when it became clear that aid for DANA would take up to 21 months to be delivered. “PP needs to insist” Committee Paying off the debt and bringing solutions to the Cortes for the articles annulled by the Constitutional decision approving most of the Cooperation Fund.” In his speech about his work as part of the Elche government team of the Ultra formation, he called for the elimination of bicycle paths “due to ideological bias” and sexual education and LGTBI diversity He criticized the pressure on negotiation institutes on the issue.
The starting point of the popular version presented by Eduardo Dolón was that the goal of all the work done by Mazón and his government team during the years they served in the Provincial Assembly was the “defense of the interests of the people”. Alicante.” ». The mayor of Torrevieja also cited the Constitutional Court, which refuted the arguments put forward by Puig, and suggested that Consell was working with the councils on a Cooperation Fund that would be “legal”. Former popular speaker in the Provincial Assembly He also pointed out that the provincial institution allocated it. 170 million extraordinary funds A pipeline to municipalities to follow the new plan currently being worked on with the heads of the three councils.
Dolón pointed out that the Alicante provincial institution will not be required to send funds to the state. municipalities “when the distribution system is unconstitutional, illegal and void.” This led him to describe the investment plan as the “big mistake” Botànic had made. Likewise, the man from Torrevieja stated that the Provincial Council had no problems participating in other funds created by consensus, such as the fund launched to help the tourism sector due to the pandemic.
Partners
As for the other groups represented in the Cortes, Vox supported the approach of its partner in the regional government, while Compromís did the same for PSPV. Of course, the Valencians presented an amendment to the law. illegal offerwith a view to encouraging the Cortes to urge the Consell to in turn invite the County Council to implement the Fund. “Municipalities must be provided with an unconditional source of funding,” said Compromí deputy Jesús Pla.
Vox MP José María Llanos, on the other hand, reminded that his party submitted changes to the entire Botànic law and made it clear that they would no longer support the approach offered by the socialists. “They wanted to impose forced participation on the part of the people” MPs. Llanos added that local units cannot be deprived of their own powers.