With 177 votes against, 171 in favour and 1 abstention, the attempt to deal with this proposal in the Lower House failed because it ultimately did not receive the support of the PP, which had warned against it if its demands were not taken into account, nor of Junts.
This Tuesday, Congress annulled the treatment of the proposal of the PSOE, Sumar and the Canary Coalition immigration reform with the aim of achieving a binding distribution of unaccompanied migrant minors between the autonomous communities in order to alleviate problem areas such as the Canary Islands.
With 177 votes against, 171 in favour and 1 abstention, the attempt to deal with this proposal in the House of Representatives failed because it ultimately did not receive the support of the PP, which had warned against it if its demands were not taken into account, nor of Junts.
Negotiations with both sides continued throughout the day leading up to the vote, but ultimately failed to result in an agreement to process the reform.
In its intervention during the debate, the PP had asked the PSOE, the Sumar and the Canary Coalition to withdraw their proposal to reform the immigration law. “Really start negotiating if you have the will”, said the PP deputy. Ana Aloswho did not explain his final vote. He asked for the proposal to be withdrawn, a Conference of Presidents to be convened ‘immediately’ and a plenary session to debate the immigration issue.
The Junts spokesman in Congress, Miriam Noguerashad also rejected the proposal, accusing the government of “abusing” Catalonia’s solidarity. “We are opposed to continuing to oversaturate Catalonia and continue to burden the coexistence of our country. With this law, they do not guarantee a dignified life under certain conditions and this gives wings to the right and the extreme right. We speak from common sense,” said the spokesman. deputy.
For her part, the deputy of the Canary Coalition, Cristina Validohad warned that if there is no agreement between the parties during the plenary session of Congress to allow the processing reform, he will ask that the vote not take place today and “let us continue talking”. “Today I cannot arrive in the Canary Islands and say that Congress has voted no”, he complained.
As for the Basque representatives, EH Bidu and PNV supported the initiative but demanded improvements.
Source: EITB
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