The Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, stated this Friday that the Spanish Government will not implement a framework she considers "unconstitutional, xenophobic, racist," referring to the "national priority" initiative promoted by Vox. According to Morant, this proposal violates human rights and the right to equality and non-discrimination, as highlighted by Amnesty International.
Morant affirmed that autonomous communities that "are tempted" to apply measures contrary to the Constitution "will face the Government of Spain and we will go wherever necessary." This statement comes in response to the proposal registered by the Vox group in the Corts Valencianes, which urges the Valencian Government to ask the central government to guarantee national priority in access to social aid, public services, and housing programs, and to repatriate all undocumented immigrants.
“"It is an act of enormous cowardice for Vox to make this proposal directed at the Government of Spain because they do not want to expose themselves at the autonomous level, where, in the case of the Valencian Community, from the very beginning Vox and the PP have understood each other perfectly."
The minister reiterated, before inaugurating the 'Innovation for Resilient Reconstruction' conference in Valencia, that the Spanish Government will appeal to the Constitutional Court against measures adopted in regional parliaments that go against the principles of equality and non-discrimination enshrined in the Constitution. She emphasized that Vox's proposal on national priority is currently "a text," but as soon as it becomes real measures that violate the Constitution, the Spanish Government "will combat it" both politically and legally.
Morant indicated that they will act in the same way as with the Valencian Concord Law, whose implementation was annulled by the Spanish Government through an appeal to the Constitutional Court. She expressed confidence that the outcome "will be the same" when concrete proposals that violate the Constitution are presented, adding that "defending Spain means defending the Constitution, defending legality."
Beyond the implementation of measures, the minister lamented that communicating this type of societal model "already causes harm" and divides society "into first-class and second-class citizens" for "that fascist nationalism" which conceives society "in a monolithic way where some fit and others do not."
