By Royal Decree 463/2020, of March 14, was declared by the Council of Ministers, under the protection of art. 116 of the Constitution, the state of alarm throughout Spain.

The aforementioned Royal Decree, established a series of limitations imposed by the state of alarm that require severe restrictions on citizens, including the closure of a large part of businesses and commercial establishments depending on the activity to be carried out. Likewise, thousands of businesses have been affected by the limitation of movement of people established in article 7 of the aforementioned Royal Decree, with the evident damages that are generated mainly to the self-employed, the primary sector, businesses, independent professionals, entrepreneurs and SMEs, which they affect many neighbors who have had to cease their activity and who will not receive any income during the period provided for in the alarm decree.

Through Royal Decree-Law 8/2020, of March 17, on extraordinary urgent measures to face the economic and social impact of COVID-19, the Government has taken various measures.

Unquestionably, the measures adopted by the Government are already affecting and will affect to a greater extent the Spanish economy, especially the self-employed, SMEs and families, either because many of its members will lose their jobs, or because their incomes will be radically reduced; either as a direct fault of the health crisis, or as a consequence of the declaration of the state of alarm. To this situation, let us not forget, that the Government of the Nation, even before the outbreak of the health crisis, has implemented a policy of more unnecessary political spending and greater fiscal pressure.

That is why from the Municipal Group of VOX Castellón de la Plana we consider that:

1st. On the one hand, the measures adopted are insufficient to alleviate the damage that the Spaniards will suffer since the Government of the Nation has not renounced its expansive fiscal policy and tax increases; so that the municipality can and must assume the duty to collaborate so that the economic crisis does not harm us more than the pandemic. The Castellón de la Plana City Council must approve its own Fiscal Contingency Plan.

Likewise, other concordant municipal measures are required.

Obviously, these measures will produce a reduction in municipal income that must be compensated by resorting to the surplus of the municipal accounts, and the necessary reduction in political spending.

2nd. The Government of the Nation has made no action or effort aimed at reducing unnecessary political spending. From the municipalities we can and must act diligently offering the government of the Nation and the autonomous governments the example that they will follow. The City Council must approve its own Non-Essential Spending Reduction Plan.

At VOX we believe that all the resources of the Nation should be put at the service of the Spanish; which means that not a single euro of public money can be used for anything other than helping Spaniards out of the health and economic emergency.

Spain must protect itself and must do its utmost, but at the same time, Spain must not stop. Castellón de la Plana You must protect yourself and you must do it to the maximum, but at the same time, Castellón de la Plana it should not stop.

For all this, from the Municipal Group of VOX Castellón de la Plana we present a MOTION for approval by the Plenary of the City Council with the following content:

1st. Fiscal Contingency Plan to reduce the fiscal burdens of families in the situation of confinement or isolation and to compensate the losses derived from the increase in unemployment or business activity stoppage; for example,

  1. 50% reduction of all municipal taxes whose taxable event is linked to the development of a commercial or business activity (garbage tax, rate for occupation of the public domain for terraces of bars and restaurants, or vendors in municipal, fixed or mobile markets) );
  2. deferment of the payment of the tax on constructions, installations and works of all works that have been paralyzed by the sanitary crisis or the declaration of the state of alarm. In case they have already been settled, 50% refund.

2nd. Postpone two months the fulfillment of all the neighboring fiscal obligations with Municipalities subject to term – including the payment of taxes – to count from the declaration of end of pandemic issued by the competent authority.

3rd. Suspension of the accrual of the canon or the rent of municipal concessions or rentals to those merchants or entrepreneurs who are affected by activity restrictions.

4th. Total elimination of regulated parking areas and / or temporary suspension of the application of anti-pollution protocols.

5th. Automatic extension for the same time that the exceptional situation of the execution and completion periods lasts in 3 months with respect to those established in the license granting; subject to extension.

6th. Prepare and approve a Unnecessary Spending Reduction Plan; identifying all the non-essential needs to suspend its execution definitively during the financial year 2020 with the corresponding budgetary reallocations; and proceeding to suspend the execution of all the non-executed budget items – totally or partially – that refer to non-essential or unnecessary expenses for the fight against the health crisis, which includes, among others:

  1. Suspension of the payment of subsidies to unions, business organizations, political parties, municipal political groups, and associations or entities whose activity is not commercial in nature and is not directly linked to the guarantee of employment, health, citizen security, food or the home of the most needy.
  1. Suspension of all procedures for direct award or competitive competition to grant subsidies or aid to unions, business organizations, political parties, municipal groups, associations or entities whose activity is not commercial in nature and is not directly linked to employment guarantee, health, citizen security, food or housing for those most in need.

7º. Allocate the municipal surplus whose budgetary allocation has released the RD Law 8/2020 exclusively to mitigate the effects of the health crisis and the state of alarm; and always within the Unnecessary Spending Reduction Plan.



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