“Coming soon.” This is how the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, in response to the claim of the autonomous regional senator of the Popular Party, Miquel JerezThe Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has called for state aid to alleviate the damage suffered by families, businesses and professionals on the island almost two months after the first storm that has left heavy losses in Ibiza.
The provocative response has been given during the control session in the Senate. “They continue to leave people behind and many families and professionals cannot recover normality. What are they waiting for?“, Jerez has asked Minister Grande-Marlaska.
The senator criticized that the minister, during all this time, “has not been able” to propose to the Council of Ministers the declaration of Ibiza as an area affected by an emergency.
This situation, in his opinion, is“very serious” for three reasons. Firstly, he explained, because the Law of the National Civil Protection System has a clear mandate and it is the Government that has the obligation to promote this declaration and to articulate the aid.
Secondly, according to Jerez, “because there is an equally important moral obligation, that these aids should not arrive when the business has already closed and the self-employed has handed over the key, but should do so when they can save businesses, jobs and life projects”.
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No date or amounts
The central government did not advance dates or amounts to address the declaration of Ibiza’s catastrophic zone, after the two storms: the ex-Gabrielle squall and the dana Alice.
“Of course, this government is quicker than the autonomous government and I will put one thing on record for you: I am sure that the aid from the Ministry of the Interior and from all the ministries of Spain will arrive before those 5 million that, as you have said, have been committed. What we do not know is when they will arrive”, said the Minister of the Interior in the Senate.
In addition, Grande-Marlaska said that it is something that has just happened,” despite the fact that almost two months have passed.
“In the near future, the government will declare an area severely affected by a civil protection emergency,” he promised without giving too much certainty.
