Self-government of the people Carlos Mazon plans to approve a law provide legal coverage and shield THE symbols registered in the Law of autonomy of the Valencian Community, compared to the use of the unofficial name “Valencian country”, which has again gained popularity under the leadership of the left.
This standard, which is an electoral commitment of the PP for the current legislature, would return to that which was in force. repealed in 2015 by the Socialist Consell Ximo Puigwhen the Generalitat governed in coalition with Compromís and with the support of Podemos.
This law, which the Executive of Mazón intends to reintroduce and expand, established the prohibition give grants public to entities that do not use the official name of Comunitat Valenciana. After losing the 2023 elections, Puig still allocated 1.8 million euros to these pro-independence beneficiaries and now Mazón will veto them for promoting the so-called “Catalan countriesin a supposed union with this other autonomy and the Balearic Islands, which he considers a “grievance or denigration» to the statutory symbols.
In this regard, the debate on the law on identity signs was again in force after President Mazón insulted a journalist who asked him using the term “Valencian country” during his appearance in Moncloa and also when , on Valencian Community Day, the second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, and also Sumar’s spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies, Iñigo Errejónthey did the same.
The issue is also currently being examined by the Generalitat Valenciana. Just a few days ago, the Minister of Justice and the Interior, Salome Pradaswhich also has powers in matters of autonomous administration, has reactivated the Commission Advisor to Civil law Valencian and met with historic Valencian entities, who offered their support for these lines of work aimed at providing a basis for this regulation saved and enriched with new contributions.
The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, in Moncloa with the Statute of Autonomy in hand
Its philosophy aims to preserve symbols, language and traditions, respecting cultural diversity and disseminating historical heritage. It will also reinforce this rule in another law that regulates official symbols, such as the flag and the anthem.
During his appearance at the Palais du MoncloaOn October 4, Mazón asked I respect to the Statute of Autonomy and recalled its article 1, which establishes that “the Valencian people, historically organized under the name of the Kingdom of Valencia, are constituted as an autonomous community, within the unity of the Spanish nation, as an expression of its differentiated identity as a historical and national nationality in the exercise of the right to self-government that the Spanish Constitution recognizes to each nationality, under the name of Comunitat Valenciana.
