The president of the Xunta transfers to Sánchez his “discomfort” at Robles’ words about the use of the UME of the communities most affected by the fires | Rueda regrets the “categorical no” of the Government to the transfer of powers in the management of the coast after the Canary Islands obtained the powers of its coasts: “We are going to keep trying”
The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, He arrived at the Palacio de la Moncloa when he is serving two months as head of the regional government and with a list of requests which ranged from European funds to infrastructure, very specific demands on public health and the transfer of competencies in coastal management. In general terms, the Galician leader considered the meeting fruitful, but like the president of Castilla y León, he assured that thewill be “vigilant & rdquor; so that finally all of them become reality.
The meetings of the regional presidents of the PP, concentrated three on the same day, occur after days of fires throughout Spain, which have monopolized much of the public debate. Rueda acknowledged having felt “a deep discomfort & rdquor; by words of the Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, which this Thursday assured that the communities that do not do their homework & rdquor; and “when the fires come they remember the UME & rdquor ;. Some “extemporaneous & rdquor; and “unlucky” for the president of the Xunta, who thus informed Pedro Sánchez.
“I do not take the hint and speak a little on behalf of all the communities. It bothers me because when means are requested, they are needed. And that an effort has already been made to put out the fires with the resources available. The UME is a resource for all Spaniards & rdquor ;, settled the Galician to remember later that his community has already allocated 33 million for these purposes.
Just as Alfonso Fernández Mañueco did before, the Galician president asked to “move away” of the political and partisan debate fires that have burned in different autonomous communities. Despite the fact that these days he asked to declare the parts affected by the fires in his community as a catastrophic area, the president of the Xunta acknowledged that “the important thing is that the aid arrives very quickly & rdquor; regardless of the formula used.
Coastal management
Another priority issue for Rueda was that Galicia assumes the powers to manage the coastline just one day after Canary Islands managed to have them in terms of costs from January 1, 2023. A historic claim for the islands that wanted to assume their powers, just like Catalonia or Andalusia. The president of the Xunta announced that Sánchez gave him “a categorical no” at his request. “We are denied and we do not agree at all & rdquor ;, settled the Galician leader.
He anticipated that from his regional government “they will continue to insist so that this transfer occurs & rdquor ;. Right after the minister spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, responded by assuring that it is not “a matter of political will & rdquor; but of the Galician statute of autonomy “which does not recognize that possibility & rdquor ;. In Moncloa they assure that the Canary Islands articulated a modification in this sense and, therefore, has finally been able to acquire the powers.
From the Xunta they deny that this is the case and point to article 27 of its statute, in which section three includes the exclusive competence of “the planning of the territory and the coast, in addition to urban planning and housing & rdquor ;. In addition, in the environment of the Galician president they claim to have a report from the Consultative Council of Galicia (an independent body), which clearly states that no reform of the Statute would be necessary.