Government spokesperson Antoni Costa acknowledged on Wednesday that reflection on the possibility of not authorizing construction in flood-prone areas, as now provided for in the administrative simplification decree, is open.
“A catastrophe of the dimensions of that which occurred in the Valencian Community “it could happen to us” The Minister of the Economy declared during the press conference following the meeting of the extraordinary Government Council which approved the draft autonomous budgets.
The administrative simplification decree It will probably be validated next Tuesday in Parliamentalthough Més per Mallorca requested the withdrawal of the agenda, and Antoni Costa added that “The reality of climate change has become evident” and its associated impacts. “This must lead us to change as citizens,” he added.
The spokesperson stressed that the Executive is already planning measures in this regard in the budgets it has just presented, such as doubling the amounts intended for cleaning torrents.
Also deputy spokesperson of the PP in Parliament, Marga Durán, During the press conference following the meeting of the Council of Spokespersons, he indicated that this week the opinion of the decree-law will be available, which will be voted on next Tuesday, and that there are many amendments in progress. .
“We must give time and calm, have the certainty that the Government is doing what it must do,” he stressed, adding that in plenary session, there is always room for modifications.
However, the ‘popular’ disfigured the left for having criticized the vote on Tuesday of a law for which the opinion is not yet available, emphasizing that this is not the first time that the approval of a law without opinion is included in the agenda.
In the commission where the opinion was approved, there were many transactions, he recognized, stressing that the PP provided all groups with copies of the amendments, transactions and motivations. “All parties have exactly what was approved,” he said.
THE ecologists from the Balearic Group of Ornithology and Defense of Nature (GOB) has started collecting signatures to demand that the government prohibit legalization and construction in potentially flood-prone areas that the administrative simplification decree now allows.
In a press release, the environmental association asked the regional president, Marga Prohenswhich “backtracked” on the decree-law, will be submitted to Parliament next Tuesday for its vote, and “will begin to work courageously on real climate emergency policies”.
For that They launched a campaign to collect memberships to which entities and people can adhere individually, through which they intend to urge the Regional Executive to implement four urgent measures.
The first, the elimination with retroactive effects of the possibility of legalizing constructions and uses on rural land, particularly in areas exposed to the risk of floods, fires or landslides. In the view of the Government of Botswana, the development of these lands for residential and tourism purposes prevents the fertile land from retaining water and interrupts natural drainage channels.
Secondly, reject parliamentary approval of the decree-law administrative simplification as long as it continues to consider construction in risk areas. If this comes to fruition, they warn, they will have to “clean up and demand accountability” in the public and private sectors.
In the ranks of the opposition, the Més separatists and the socialists demanded that the PP stop regulatory change They said that “it makes no sense” for the opinion on the decree-law to be voted on at the next plenary session. “So many changes have been introduced that even they don’t know what they approved,” said socialist Negueruela.
Secessionists from Més, their spokesperson Luis Apesteguiaregretted that the Council of Spokespersons rejected this Wednesday his party’s request to postpone the vote, thus giving time to be able to do “more in-depth reflection”.
“It’s not just about preventing construction in these areas, but also about talking about What should we do with the tens of thousands of people living now? in the flood zones of the Balearic Islands”, emphasized Apesteguia, assuring that his training will continue with “the hand extended until the last second” to reach an agreement on this subject.
According to the spokespersons, within the parliamentary committee in which the opinion was approved, numerous transactions were carried out between PP and Vox which modified the text, adding that the parties were not able to see the final text.
On this issue, the spokesperson for Unidas PodemosCristina Gomez, considered that the transactions were “totally devoid of public information” and that since its formation, it is not known how the text came to fruition.
