The Interior Ministry does not give in his assertion that the Xunta covers 50% of salary costs agents who are part of the Attached Police of Galicia. “The agreements must provide, as provided for by law, the … commitment to take charge of financing 50% of the salaries of the attached units”, sources from the ministry led by Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told Europa Press, who say they are open to negotiation: “The disposition of the Ministry of the Interior is total, “both with Galicia and with the rest of the autonomous communities that have attached units.”
The Galician Government is ready to assume the conditions proposed by the Interior in the case of the new places
The Xunta, also open to dialogue, is ready to assume only 50% in the case of new agents to now join the police unit, but not for the 338 police officers who are already part of the workforce at that time. And to defend its position, the Galician government presents different arguments. The first, which The Attached Police of Galicia assumes the tasks, such as the protection of victims of gender-based violence, which are in theory under the jurisdiction of the State.
This is why the Xunta defends this The case of Galicia cannot be compared to that of other attached units autonomous regions, such as Andalusia, where the Authority has undertaken to cover 50% of staff salaries and to assume the expenses corresponding to investments and maintenance of the installations, technical means and services necessary for the Detached Police to carry out their functions. The ministry aspires to reach a similar agreement with the government of Aragon.
On the contrary, the Minister of the Presidency, Xustiza e Deportes, Diego Calvo, affirmed this week that Galicia “finds itself in a different situation from the rest of the autonomous communities” because “it provides services that are not provided by others” and that, therefore, the financing of the Attached Police of Galicia “could be done differently”. And he specifically referred to the protection of victims of gender-based violence. In fact, Calvo warned that to continue providing such services “with quality” and prevent its functions from “suffering”, it is necessary for the Interior to improve its financing proposal.
Criticisms of the Xunta
The statements of the head of the Presidency, Xustiza e Deportes of the Galician Government, immediately sparked criticism from the Galician Government. Minister for Equality, that he saw “threats” in his warning and assured them they were not going to allow them.
From Galicia, The BNG also took the opportunity to oppose the Xunta. The nationalists urged President Alfonso Rueda to disavow Calvo because, they said, he had crossed “all the limits of what is admissible.” The popular Galicians defended the councilor, recalling that the State must “guarantee the security” of victims of sexist violence.
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