The general secretary of Podemos, Ione Belarrahas assured that There is still no agreement with the Government for tax reform and has insisted that, without guarantees that the electricity tax has the collection capacity, he is not going to support her. However, he has not clarified whether he will opt for abstention or a vote against, in the event that there is finally no agreement.
In statements to TVE, collected by Europa Press, he stated that in the negotiation with the Executive on Wednesday, November 20, they proposed two “solutions” to be able to maintain the tax on energy companiesbut that the PSOE has rejected it. However, Belarra has stressed that “all phones remain open” until the vote has to be taken this Thursday in the Plenary Session of Congress.
Given this refusal to guarantee a “minimum collection” on that tax, the leader of Podemos assumes that the Government’s pact with CKD and Bildu is a “lie”, given that a decree to maintain the tax on electricity companies would be defeated, since it is suspected that the Government has given its word to Together that it is going to be “totally blurred”.
Suspicions that the Government is hiding behind Junts
Belarra has confessed that she is “very worried” when she realizes that The Government “is trying to hide behind” Junts with the aim of “eliminating” this tax on companies that earned 10.5 billion euros last year.
Thus, with the complex parliamentary arithmetic that the Executive faces, A possible vote against by Podemos would imply a tie of 175 votes. And the chamber regulations establish that, in that case, two more votes will be held to try to resolve it. In the event that the tie persists, the proposal would decline.
“We are not going to support a fiscal package that leaves out one of the central elements of the tax reformbecause I want to remember, this extraordinary tax was achieved precisely with the vote of Podemos, fighting in the Government (the last legislature) and fighting for there to be increased financing for the social shield we made for protect people in the pandemic and to protect people who suffer the consequences derived from the ukrainian war“explained the deputy.
In fact, he has stressed that his formation “is not going to accept the blackmail” that means that the electricity companies, with Repsol at the head, show that they “rule” the parliament and knock down a tax that is more necessary than ever, given that these companies are the main responsible for pollution. Sources of the purple formation indicate that the PSOE is offering other compensation that have nothing to do with preserving that tax.
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