PP and Junts voted against the decree law that included the increase in pensions or transport aid, and therefore these will not be applied for the time being.
This Wednesday, the plenary session of Congress annulled the decree law that included the increase in pensions or support for public transport, also known as buses, with a vote against Junts, PP and Vox. In total there were 177 votes against and 171 in favor.
The decision on energy tax has also been taken. However, the government has managed to save the pension related to the reform of partial, deferred and active retirement.
PP and Junts had announced that they would vote against the Spanish government’s omnibus decree, which has reduced all the measures it includes, such as the increase in pensions or support for public transport.
The spokesperson for Together in the Congress of Deputies, Miriam Nogueras announced the voting direction of her group during her speech. Nogueras has described it as “indecent” that the revaluation of pensions is mixed with other measures and has said that Junts will vote in favor if this increase is included in another legal decree, together with bonuses for public transport.
“What is happening today will be the result of the negligence and lack of seriousness of the PSOE,” criticized Nogueras, accusing the socialists of “trilerism, lies, manipulations, arrogance and non-compliance.”
He PP He also confirmed this Wednesday that he will vote against the executive’s omnibus decree, although he has put forward that he will promote a bill to guarantee the revaluation of pensions. In this sense, he pointed out that “the revaluation of pensions cannot be used to hide the government’s parliamentary minority”, and therefore he defended the need for this measure to be adopted in an independent standard “apart from political disputes “. be adopted independently and separately from other legislative measures.”
In addition, the population has shown the intention to reclaim a number of measures, such as those affecting those affected by DANA and those benefiting those receiving the minimum vital income (IMV).
Pedro Sánchez’s government implemented this on Wednesday three decree laws that for validation to the House of Representatives, including the increase in pensions or support for public transport (bus), He tax on energy companies and partial pension reformdelayed and active.
As expected, the tax on large energy companies will decrease, because PNV and Junts had announced that they would vote against. On the other hand, the decree law on pensions will continue with the support of the PP.
Source: EITB
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