Valladolid (EFE) of the Government in Castilla y León, Virginia Barcones, to point out that “it is urgent that Mañueco (PP) impose moderation and common sense” in its relationship with Vox.
Ask. Two government requirements to the Junta de Castilla y León so far in 2023. What happens?
Answer. That is what I say. What happens for the Junta to be losing its way in such a way?, so that the Government of Spain has to act in defense of the men and women of this land?
The only thing that stopped the Board (in the case of the requirement on abortion) was the Government of Spain and the firmness with which it acted and we are going to apply to defend workers and companies in these labor rights that are recognized for all Spanish people. Why does it only happen in Castilla y León? There is a differential fact, which is that there is the extreme right and Mr. Manueco is incapable of stopping the extreme right. He constantly bows to the wishes of the extreme right.
Q. Regarding the anti-abortion measures, is the government calm with Mañueco’s position or is it suspicious of the approach that Vox maintains?
R. Here the only guarantee is that the Government of Spain is vigilant at all times because the word (of Mañueco) has a credibility limited by the facts. If they return to the old ways of violating women’s rights, the Government will act again with all firmness.
P. Mañueco speaks of the attack and overreaction of the Government against Castilla y León with these requirements.
R. It is a tremendously childish attitude. What is happening is that the Government has only acted when the Board has made decisions, through the limitation of the right of women to abortion was made in the press conference after a Government Council and on the official website, and with Serla. It really strikes me that those who have so much of the Constitution in their mouths are so reluctant to comply with it when it comes to guaranteeing that women and workers have the same rights.
Government requirement on Serla
Q. The president maintains that he has transferred to the Government that labor mediation is guaranteed.
A. Credibility is obtained when what one says is accompanied by the facts. One says ‘calm down, nothing happens here’, but rights are constantly violated and it is the unions and employers who say so, that current legislation is not being complied with. It is the counselor himself who boasts that he has withdrawn funding from Serla. The regulations can be breached by action or omission, by ceasing to financially nourish an organ to make it unable to function and die.
Q. Is the Government of Spain planning to contribute money so that Serla can maintain its activity, secondarily and pending resolution of this conflict?
A. That cannot be. Imagine that by the same rule of thumb the government of Mr. Mañueco decides that there will be no doctors in hospitals, no teachers in classrooms… The Board has to fulfill its responsibilities and obligations. How much damage is being done to Castilla y León with the image that is being given…
If there is something that scares investment, it is conflict, the strange thing is that it is not a labor conflict, between unions and employers, but rather that the Board is creating it, it is institutional and generates other political and social instability that Castilla y León pays for. Castilla y León is left behind.
Article 155
Q. Would the Government go so far as to apply article 155 of the Constitution to ensure compliance with the law regarding Serla?
R. The Board has to comply with current legislation and if it does not comply, the Government will activate all the necessary mechanisms to guarantee labor rights. It is sad that we see ourselves like this in this land, where we are austere people, giving little to talk about, hard-working… A short time ago we were talking about abortion, tomorrow it will be historical memory and the day after tomorrow, something else.
It is urgent that Manueco impose moderation, common sense and start working for this land and not against this land. We have all left school, we are mature people with too many responsibilities to assume the consequences of our actions. https://twitter.com/EFE_CyL/status/1635928831109349376
Q. When you talk about all the mechanisms, do you include article 155?
R. It is not up to me… when the time comes to make decisions, they will be taken, but the concept in a general sense is clear, the Government will guarantee that current legislation is complied with.
Historical memory and BIC
Q. You have spoken that the next shock may come with Historical Memory. Will there be a requirement after the Board initiates the file to declare BIC the Pyramid of the Italians?
R. The Government will act the same as in the rest of the issues so that the legislation is complied with. We have a Democratic Memory Law that everyone has to comply with. It is trying to defraud the law, legal fraud, when with an action you try to avoid compliance with a rule.
What speed to try to avoid compliance with the law… The Pyramid of the Italians, it is clear, is made in honor of those who came to impose fascism on our country, we all know what we are talking about. It is one more, one after another to try to avoid compliance with the laws.
Q. From a technical and legal point of view, does declaring a property BIC mean that it is protected from actions derived from a national law?
R. Why is the BIC of the Pyramid of the Italians now being initiated and warning that it is going to initiate the declaration of all those vestiges of Francoism who know that with the entry into force of the Law of Democratic Memory they have no place in our society?
To attempt to circumvent compliance. Vox is not hiding, they say it clearly and openly, they are going to try to use BIC’s statements to circumvent the law. But this is not about complying with the laws that you like. No, a rule of law means that all laws are complied with, whether you like them or not.EFE