Unexpected change of script that can once again test the seams of the Valencian Government. The new trustee of the PSPV, Ana Barceló, has avoided confirming on Tuesday whether her parliamentary group will vote in favor of taking into consideration the tourist tax proposal that the Socialists presented together with their partners from Compromís and Unides Podem.
The parliamentary spokesperson for the PSPV has assured in the press conference after the Board of Trustees that “there is no commitment” from her party to vote for her and that her commitment was only that the debate enter the plenary session on July 14, the last of the session before the summer break.
In fact, Barceló has indicated that before making a decision they will have a meeting with the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces: “We are going to listen to the municipalities”, the spokeswoman for the PSPV parliamentary group reiterated before discovering the meaning of her vote .
If the Socialists do not support the consideration of the Law Proposal to tax tourist overnight stays, the proposal – which has all the opposition against it – will decline. A possibility that would surely anger his partners at the Botànic who have been trying to apply a rate that the PSPV does not like since the last legislature.
However, Barceló has made it clear that “if it were finally approved” the rate would not apply “until 2024” and in those municipalities that so decided. In addition, he pointed out that the Consell is focused on the approval of the decree that will validate the aid to the self-employed to combat inflation.
