The Congress Council rejected on Tuesday, with the votes of the PP and the PSOE, the request of Podemos for remove from the House all paintings, photographs and busts with the image of Juan Carlos I, an initiative that only had the support of Sumar, the third group present in the board of directors of the Chamber.
Podemos has raised this proposal again, which had already been rejected in previous legislatures, after being informed of the creation by the former monarch of a foundation in Abu DhabiI manage his assets and pass on his inheritance to his daughters.
The group led by Ione Belarra criticises the fact that the emeritus’s attitude implies “a circumvention” of the tax rules regarding the taxation of inheritances in Spain and that it would mean “money that would be deducted from the funds that finance Spanish public services”.
For Podemos, this “unexemplary” attitude, which is added to other fiscal irregularities attributed to Juan Carlos I, seems “incompatible” with “any homage and public recognition.” That is why it has requested the withdrawal of all its images from Congress.
Sumar votes for
As explained in a press conference by the First Secretary of the Council, En Comú MP Gerardo Pisarello, Sumar supported the “purple” initiative, Well, he shares his opinion on the figure of the emeritus and criticizes the creation of this foundation in Abu Dhabi.
Reformulation of questions
Furthermore, as parliamentary sources have indicated to Europa Press, the Chamber’s board of directors has asked some deputies to They asked written questions to the Government on the wealth of the emeritus and the creation of this entity. in the country in which you have resided since 2020 to reformulate these files in order to admit them for processing.
This is what he asked the leader of Podemos, Ione Belarra; the spokesperson of the ERC, Gabriel Rufián, and the deputy of Compromís, Águeda Micó, affirming that as they are written, they cannot be admitted because they escape the competences of the government.
Furthermore, in the case of a question from Rufián about whether the Executive is aware of the “allegedly illegal actions of the secret services to cover up the scandals of Juan Carlos I”, the legal services warned that all matters related to the National Intelligence Center (CNI) must go through what is known as the Official Secrets Commission.
