The barons of the PP open another front against the Government and launch themselves against the housing law

The optimism of the PSOE regarding the negotiation of the housing law —this Thursday, Maria Jesus Montero He even went so far as to affirm that “there is already pretty much a deal“— has put the main barons of the Popular Party on guard. Despite the fact that the scope of the regulation of rents in areas considered to be under stress and the new contracts will ultimately depend on the autonomous communities, Isabel Diaz Ayuso He made a move and announced that, if the regulation ends up being approved, the Community of Madrid will go directly to the Constitutional Court. The leader thus prepares the ground to open a new front with the Executive in the final stretch of the legislature, when she has less than three months to face elections in which he pursues an absolute majority.

The direct confrontation with Pedro Sánchez was the axis of the campaign that led Ayuso to an incontestable victory in May 2021. And now, despite the fact that the hypothetical text resulting from the government coalition’s negotiation with its partners is full of unknowns, it has taken a new step forward to fight in court what it qualifies as a “unconstitutional assault” that “it supposes a frontal and unacceptable attack against the freedom of property” and that, in his opinion, will end making housing more expensive for implying a brake on its development.

Ayuso is not alone. And although it was the first to announce the judicialization of a law still pending, other communities governed by the PP are preparing to give battle to the Executive on this issue. In Andalucia, Juanma Moreno It will join its Madrid counterpart and will take the rule to the TC if it verifies that “invades powers“when Congress and the Senate give their approval. From the Ministry of Public Works, led by marifran carazobase their criticism on the harsh report issued a year ago by the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), which submitted an amendment to the entire text between PSOE and United We Can precisely for invading regional powers.

In Castilla y León, for their part, they also threaten “take measures” if the Government does not “rectify” the parameters currently set, especially with regard to the rent cap, without ruling out the courts either. “We are against some of the contents of this rule, such as not respecting the regime of constitutional and statutory distribution of powers that it attributes to Castilla y León and to all the autonomous communities,” they maintain in the environment of the regional president, Alfonso Fernandez Manuecofrom whose team they demand the Government to “listen and dialogue” with the territories before giving the final green light to the law.

Ayuso places housing at the center of his policies in the middle of the electoral cycle

Ignacio S. Calleja

The norm also generates rejection in the Region of Murcia, where its regional president, Fernando Lopez Mirascame to describe the law as a “communist action“. In Galicia, chaired by Alfonso Rueda after the departure of Alberto Núñez Feijóo to national politics, they opt for “prudence” and avoid agitating possible legal actions until there is no definitive text. Beyond the possible judicialization of the case, the truth is that the autonomous communities in which the PP currently governs already raised their arms when the bill was hovering over the Council of Ministers. In fact, the previous leadership, commanded by Pablo Casado, instructed his barons to boycott the text, refusing to apply it in their respective territories.

In the current leadership of the party, delegate responsibility for taking appropriate action against housing law in the territories. “Issues that invade regional powers must be resolved at the regional level,” he summarizes. Regarding possible judicial actions at the national level, Genoa maintains that, without a definitive text, It is not an issue that has yet been put on the table. However, sources from the Vice-Secretary of Economy with competences in the matter affirm that the norm is unconstitutionality appeal for its “interventionist nature”and that it could take a step forward in that sense.

Ayuso will appeal the housing law if it is approved: “It attacks the freedom of property”

Ignacio S. Calleja

In the team of the person in charge of Economy of Genoa, john bravo, support the decision taken by autonomies such as Madrid and Andalusia, which are already beginning to draw the scene of the courts on the horizon, because it directly affects them. They also add that with “the path” that the norm is taking and if there is no “rectification” by the Executive, the law is, at the very least, subject to reform if the PP manages to take over Moncloa in the next general elections, scheduled for the end of the year.

In terms of appeals before the Constitutional Court against government regulations, Ayuso is clearly ahead of the rest of his teammates autonomous of the PP. In addition to the aforementioned procedure with the housing law, the leader intensified its fiscal war against the Executive and approved a few months ago an appeal against the energy saving decree, already admitted by the guarantee body. And he followed the same roadmap with what is already known as the tax on the rich, an action that was joined by the Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno.

The optimism of the PSOE regarding the negotiation of the housing law —this Thursday, Maria Jesus Montero He even went so far as to affirm that “there is already pretty much a deal“— has put the main barons of the Popular Party on guard. Despite the fact that the scope of the regulation of rents in areas considered to be under stress and the new contracts will ultimately depend on the autonomous communities, Isabel Diaz Ayuso He made a move and announced that, if the regulation ends up being approved, the Community of Madrid will go directly to the Constitutional Court. The leader thus prepares the ground to open a new front with the Executive in the final stretch of the legislature, when she has less than three months to face elections in which he pursues an absolute majority.