The Parliament yesterday showed immunity to real life ABC.ES-BARCELONA. The Parliament yesterday showed immunity to real life. In the midst of debate over the chaos of the snowstorm, the Catalan Chamber had its particular legislative marathon with the adoption of four draft laws of weight: the Law of consultations, the reform of the Audit Office and approved, and legislative proceedings begin vegueries Act and the creation of the Metropolitan Area of \u200b\u200bBarcelona. Outside the political battle waged by the storm, Girona resisted yesterday and could, in darkness, without heat and with the threat of the arrival of the coldest night of the last decade. The effects of Monday's historic snowfall have been concentrated in the river, where it remained without power yesterday 50,000 subscribers, about 20,000 are still without power, according to the Generalitat.
Catalan roads were slowly regaining normalcy. The major problems were identified in the AP-7 in the Jonquera, where access by France remained cut off for several hours of cleaning the track. Several roads in Lleida was necessary to use chains and the C-32 passing through Palamòs (Girona) were recorded up to 20 kilometers of lines due to falling power lines on the road.
With respect to schools and hospitals, the situation improved although more than 40,000 school children continued yesterday without classes (98 schools closed because of problems with access or lack of electricity). As for hospitals, the problems were located in Girona. A total of 15 clinics and the Hospital de Blanes -48 hours worked yesterday after the storm, with a generator. Given the chaos of Girona, the Govern launched balls out and blamed France for the collapses on the border, and Endesa and REE of the fall in supply.
Going "with the homework done" The tripartite legislatively hurry to develop the statute to reach the elections with "homework done" and yesterday it was essential to admit the bills vegueries and metropolitan area to have any chance of passing both texts before the end of this period session in June. The chaos of the snowstorm on Monday if the control session focused the President of the Generalitat. At least, in regard to questions of the opposition, because the PSC took their turn to talk about the upcoming anti-crisis summit convened by Montilla and ICV devoted his time to reclaim the Labour Inspectorate, now in the hands of the Government, that extreme jealousy against the economy submerged and workers without contracts. Esquerra
asked about the snow itself, and gave the chance to spoil Montilla its members opposed the power line Gavarres key in electrical service problems in Girona. Republican spokeswoman Anna Simó argued that the problems of electrical service had not been produced in the power line, but Montilla jumped at the opportunity to make clear that "Girona is the only province in Spain that has a network of 400 that ensure the service, with the MAT would not have given this situation. " The President gave a last message to its partners in government: "Catalonia can not be conditioned by the individual demands, we need decisions whole country, because a country of rights without duties is not possible. "
However, the main clash took place, as expected, with CiU, whose spokesman, Oriol Pujol, accused the Government of the "do not make the cut." You, Pujol said, "they blame the weather bureau, the power, people are not going to make the slightest self-criticism."
Montilla But self-criticism that came to naught. The president had gold argument for rejecting the criticism of the CiU, the national management of the snow, 2001, and played back the letter. "We have not done everything right, but we have worked with all the resources available and the Government was where he had" responded to the absence of Artur Mas of the bridge and the initial reluctance of the military. ERC has a law
The tripartite Catalan won yesterday its parliamentary majority to pass a law on referendums that satisfies no one: not enough for CiU and ERC indpendentistas not engaged and inflammatory PP and Citizens, which sees in it the germ of a new political conflict in the next legislature.
"The president Montilla is a bargain for the independence movement, does everything you want ERC" concluded Albert Rivera (C's), who warned that the text adopted yesterday will only cause a new conflict when the next legislature the Parliament approve the holding of a referendum on self-determination at the request of ERC - presumably CiU, following the hearing yesterday, and Congress or the government have to deny it . "The independence movement believes that democracy is better to query indepedentistas, but the vast majority of Catalans are not separatists," scolded Rivera, who accused the tripartite autonomous state use "as a tissue" to achieve independence from Catalonia. C's leader also denounced the "hypocrisy" of granting political rights Republican immigrants in the Act consultations, but to deny social rights from municipalities such as
Vic Rivera's criticism did nothing to add joy to the Republican euphoria, similar to the box filled with guests from the regional Chamber and concluded with a resounding applause approval of the law. During the debate, the ERC made clear that his opponent this time was not C's or the PP, but Converg_ncia, fighting for space sovereigntist election with a proposal that seeks to legalize the consultations are not subject to state approval. "Do not play to be more nationalist ERC when holding a calculated ambiguity on the consultations, with an eye on elections ", he berated the Pere Aragonés independence.
But that was no more and no less, the view taken by the convergent Dolors Batalla. "This is a symbolic law to recover the nationalist patina before the election" Esquerra faulted. To CiU, ERC is has surrendered his principles in an exercise of 'ism PSC "to regulate referendums under state approval, as required by the Constitution.
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