The executive will appeal for unconstitutionality, on the understanding that the Spanish government’s decision “distorts its executive work and violates Basque self-government”.
Euskaraz irakurri: Jaurlaritzak Konstituzionalera joko du, Estatuak Europako funtsak kudeatzeko tresna bat “inposatu” duela eta
The Basque government decided today at its meeting of the Council of Government to submit a dossier claim of unconstitutionality against the decision of the Spanish State “to impose on the Basque Country” the use of a computer tool of the State Tax Administration Agency (AEAT) for the processing of grants and contracts of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), framed within the European funds Next generation.
As explained by the spokesman of the Basque Executive, Bingen Zupiria, the legal services considered that this decision, taken without prior notice, in violation of Basque powers, since Euskadi has the faculty and technical capacity to develop its own tool and that’s how it “should be recognized”. In any case, the Basque Country could voluntarily choose to use the state, through an agreement with the tax authorities.
While the decision is to go to the Constitutional Court (TC), the Basque government has urged Madrid to negotiation in the corresponding bilateral committee. In addition, the Basque government has authorized it to send a request for incompetence to the state so that it can say whether or not it considers itself competent to enforce the use of that instrument. According to his response, Iñigo Urkullu’s executive believes that he would have a free hand to file his appeal against the constitution.
The computer program in question – called Minerva -, they clarified, “automatically assesses the risk of potential conflict of interest” that Basque government officials and employees could have with people asking for help in the distribution of these European funds. So much so that even members of the Basque government are “subjected by the platform when awarding direct grants “.
Likewise, the Basque legal services have warned of the risk of “imposing state instruments in Basque procedures”, because if they are implemented in some procedures, the state could impose their use in Basque administration. “This would constitute an unauthorized interference in the public tasks entrusted to the CAV, as the State would start performing executive acts in our procedures, contrary to what the Gernika Statute recognizes,” they argued.
In addition, the state’s decision, contained in an additional provision of the PGE Act, assigns “advisory functions” to some “anti-fraud committees” that Euskadi has not implemented because they are not required.
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