The Government has decided to stop in Congress several amendments incorporated by PP and Junts in the Senate to the disability and dependency laws, which were scheduled for voting this Thursday in the Plenary of the Lower House and had high probabilities of moving forward.
Relying on article 134.6 of the Constitution, the central Executive has the authority to veto legislative proposals or amendments that involve an increase in spending or a reduction in public revenues. On this occasion, Moncloa argues that the proposed modifications imply an increase in the disbursements contemplated in the public accounts.
The vetoes were delivered directly by the Government to the Table of Congress, so the report from the legal advisors was not previously requested. The direction of the Chamber, where PSOE and Sumar have a majority, accepted the vetoes and, consequently, those amendments have been excluded from the voting this Thursday.
The proposals affected the consolidated text of the Disability and Dependency laws approved to expand and reinforce the rights of people with disabilities and to adjust to the recent reform of article 49 of the Constitution, which eliminated the term "disabled".
This regulation was supported last week in the Plenary of the Senate by PP, PSOE, and Junts, with the abstention of Vox, PNV, Esquerra Republicana (ERC), and EH Bildu, and was subsequently sent to Congress for its final ratification.
Criticism from Junts on the Executive's veto
In statements to the media after the Board of Spokespersons, the Junts deputy Pilar Calvo has reproached the Government for vetoing amendments aimed at "facilitating the life" of those receiving a benefit for caring for minors with cancer or another serious illness.
Calvo has questioned the Executive's argument that these are changes affecting the Budgets when their entry into force is "deferred", and also that they have been labeled as "opportunistic" despite being approved in the Upper House after reaching an agreement with associations and groups in the field, while the Government negotiates with them a decree law.
"Nothing opportunistic. These families cannot wait any longer. What we have done is think about the well-being, about the good of the most vulnerable families, while the Government only thinks about the money it can capture at the expense of these people," stated the Junts deputy.