Pujol, exonerated 4,149 days later

Pujol, exonerated 4,149 days later

Jordi Pujol i Soley will be judged by history or time, but not by the courts. As of 10:55 AM yesterday, he is a man legally free for all purposes, as the case against him, which is being heard in the Audiencia Nacional against his entire family and nine businessmen for alleged corruption, has been archived or dismissed due to health reasons. The court summoned him yesterday for a medical and personal examination before deciding whether to keep him in the case and subject him to interrogation or, given his deteriorated state of health, to exonerate him. The president of the court, José Ricardo de Prada, issued a medical and judicial diagnosis, all in one: Pujol cannot be judged.

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The Generalitat will stop reclaiming the aid granted once the dependent person has died

The Generalitat will stop reclaiming the aid granted once the dependent person has died

The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, announced this Monday that the Government will waive undue charges and administrative delays that the Catalan administration has been claiming after the death of people who received economic benefits for dependency, as well as in cases derived from changes in their economic situation or in the assessment of their degree of dependency.

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The Royal Palace gains space for visits

The Royal Palace gains space for visits

The architect Luis Pérez de Prada, director of real estate and natural environment of National Heritage, walks the roof of the Royal Palace in an exceptional site visit to explain how the 19 million euros of European funds destined to improve the building that Philip V ordered to be built on the rugged terrain next to the river that had occupied the old alcázar, burned down in 1734, are being spent.

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Ayuso announces 8,000 new residential places due to strong demand

Ayuso announces 8,000 new residential places due to strong demand

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, presented this Monday her 40-40 Residential Plan, which foresees the construction of 40 new residences and 40 day centers in the region, which will have 8,000 new places, nursery schools and 300 supported homes integrated into at least five plots and more technology “to better care” for residents and users. Given the high demand for public places, Ayuso has announced this plan, which she has called “very ambitious”.

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The improbable reform of the Valencian electoral law longed for by municipalists

The improbable reform of the Valencian electoral law longed for by municipalists

During the second legislature of the Botànic, the three left-wing parties (PSPV, Compromís, and Unides Podem) reached a preliminary agreement with Ciudadanos to reform the Valencian electoral law of 1987. The four groups totaled 70 deputies (two more than the two-thirds necessary to modify a regulation protected by a reinforced majority). It was an ambitious proposal that not only lowered the electoral threshold from 5% regional to 3% of valid votes – it proposed the obligation to achieve this percentage in each of the three provincial constituencies as well as in the Valencian Community as a whole -. The reform also introduced important novelties such as the possibility for the elector to show their preference for up to three candidates from the same list, the obligation to hold debates on Valencian public television, or to increase by 5% the amount of the electoral subsidy for those candidacies chosen by primaries.

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The TSJCV confirms its decision not to investigate Mazón for the management of the DANA

The TSJCV confirms its decision not to investigate Mazón for the management of the DANA

The Plenary Session of the Civil and Criminal Chamber has unanimously ruled out by its five members not applying the special jurisdiction to the former president of the Valencian Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, as it did not find in the acquisition of the status of regional deputy “any abuse of right”. The TSJ dismisses the appeals and confirms its decision not to investigate the Alicante politician for the management of the DANA

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