The proposal also links the remuneration of the deputies to the IPC, who receive until the next elections and a code of conduct
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 15 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Plenary Parliament of the Canary Islands has approved this Wednesday, with the abstention of the spokesperson of the Mixed Group, Vidina Espino, to begin the process of reforming the regulations of the Chamber that proposes to outline the figure of non-attached deputies –expelled from their party or that they have abandoned it– so that they cannot be part of the Mixed Group, as has happened in this legislature with Espino.
The proposal includes other changes such as that the salary of the deputies be linked to the CPI, that they continue to receive their remuneration until the next elections are held –except for the members of the Permanent Deputation who will continue to receive until the constitution of the next Chamber– or the approval of a code of conduct for deputies with sanctions in case of non-compliance.
Espino has announced the presentation of an amendment in defense of the rights of non-attached deputies and another so that the money left over from parliamentary groups at the end of each legislature is used for social purposes or to cover expenses derived from natural catastrophes.
Likewise, he has opposed the fact that the salary of the deputies is linked to the CPI given the “difficulties” that citizens go through and that a sanction regime be put in place on the conduct of the deputies because it will remain in the hands of the criteria board politicians.
Ricardo Fernández (Cs) has commented that it is common for the regulation to be modified in each legislature and in this case, he believes that the most “positive” thing is that the policy will be “dignified” and action will be taken against “transfuguismo” .
He has said that “it is not fair” that he and his former partner Vidina Espino have the same rights and maintains that the reform of the regulations will underpin the “democratic cleanliness” of the Chamber.
Jesús Ramos (ASG) has said that the reform is “ambitious” given that the “day to day” and “pluralism” of the Chamber made it necessary and he hopes that the differences between the groups will be resolved in order to come up with a text that helps to the modernization of Parliament.
YES WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE COLLECTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR DEPUTIES
María del Río, from Sí Podemos, has demanded that there be a “balanced representation” in the Chamber, even with “positive discrimination” and in terms of the remuneration of the deputies, she has advocated that they can collect unemployment so that politics ” be for everyone” and not only for civil servants or people with high salaries.
Esther González (NC) has said that the reform of the regulation is “fundamental in the fight against turncoats” so that people who do not continue in the parties with which they presented themselves in the elections are considered non-attached — as has happened with Sandra Dominguez, who left NC–.
In his opinion, that the Mixed Group is exempt from this condition “is a democratic anomaly.”
Australia Navarro, from the Popular Group, has supported the reform of the regulations to adapt the Chamber to the new times and regulate some habitual practices that were already carried out, also stressing the importance of “fighting against turncoats”.
Socorro Beato (CC-PNC) has said that the end of the legislature is a “good time” to reform and perfect the regulations and has announced that his group is going to present an amendment so that the remuneration is not linked to the CPI but depends of the decisions determined for public employees in the General State Budget.
“We have no intention of engaging in politics with the regulation,” he stressed, noting that the objective is to design a rule that “will be useful” for the future Parliament.
Mauricio Roque, from the Socialist Group, sees the reform as “necessary and opportune” to put an end to the “transfuge anomaly” and the deputies who “seek the warmth of another party” to continue in the “same chair.”
