A legal report from the Valencia City Council casts legal doubts on the council’s ability to change the name of the city “in accordance with the Puig Standards” and without following the standards of the Valencian Academy of Language (AVL). A proposal that Vox put on the table to recover the double name in Spanish and Valencian but closing the accent on the toponym and that the PP supported.
Now, after the opposition (PSPV and Compromís) requested a report, the council’s legal services point out that there is “nothing to object to from a legal point of view” regarding initiating the process to change the name. since the procedure for changing the name of the municipality must be governed by Decree 69/2017, of June 2, as cited in the opinion.”
However, the letter does show doubts regarding whether the name change will proceed in accordance with the Puig Standards. At this point, they understand that “the municipal agreement exceeds the legal powers granted to the municipality, since the linguistic regulations in the Valencian Community are set by the Valencian Academy of Language, in accordance with the provisions of the article 41 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community”.
For this reason, the report that the socialist spokesperson, Sandra Gómez, brought to light this Tuesday, considers that “the agreement at this point would violate the legal system.”
