Post by jinathjemi22222 on Feb 25, 2024 8:37:39 GMT
There will be no elections on April 5 in the Basque Country. Now it is Galicia's turn to speak out. The information has been advanced by several media, including El Mundo or eldiario.es . Both newspapers emphasize that the representatives of the main political parties have reached this agreement unanimously after meeting at 10:00 with the Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu. The PNV, the PP, the PSE-EE, EH Bildu, Equo and Podemos attended the meeting. The same has happened in Galicia, where the president of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijoo, has also met with the main Galician parties.
The Basque and Galicia elections were going to be held on the same day, April 5. The Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos, came to confirm this Monday morning that the state of alarm will be extended for more than 15 days . This will affect the calling of regional elections, both scheduled for April 5. As they advanceThe worldand eldiario.es , in the Basque C Level Contact List Country this agreement has been reached after the central legal services of the Basque Government have presented a report in which some possibilities for suspending the elections are proposed. The suspension of elections is an unprecedented issue in democratic Spain, so there is no legal mechanism that provides for it. For this reason, the legal report details some alternatives to address this "legal loophole", since holding the elections "can be detrimental to public health as well as to democracy and the free and normal exercise of the right to vote", according to eldiario .
Among the alternatives advanced, the jurists propose a specific law that is processed in the Congress of Deputies for the cases of Galicia and the Basque Country, or a decree from Urkullu himself. In addition, El Mundo also states that the call for elections in Euskadi will be held again once the state of alarm ends, activated this Sunday to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus and the infectious disease it causes, COVID-19. 19. Other interesting articles: Experts warn that it is "irresponsible" to make disinfectant gel at home even when there are shortages in supermarkets and pharmacies: these are the risks A nurse from one of the Madrid hospitals most affected by the coronavirus explains that going to work is like going to war: "I'm afraid of infecting my 6-month-old baby.