The leftist government of Pedro Sanchez wants to seize the property of Spanish citizens? Not yet voted, a bill is already causing controversy in Spain. According to
daily El Pais, the government could, in the event of a crisis, in particular health, “seize property” temporarily and ask adults to perform “personal services”.
These measures will be “graduated and proportionate to the situation to be faced” and will be limited to the time necessary to overcome the crisis, continues the daily. The bill also provides for compensation for those who will see their property temporarily seized or their activity suspended during the crisis.
Prevent further shortages
The daily notes that this bill provides the means to prevent further shortages, such as the lack of protective equipment against the coronavirus observed at the start of the pandemic. “The main objective of this law is to create” catalogs of resources of national interest “to facilitate the rapid management of crises”, detailed for its part, the Confidencia Digital information site.
With this text, the Spanish executive intends “to improve the system of coordination between the administrations to have a” war reserve “of elements ready to face crises such as the coronavirus, but also to other types of crises, ”adds the site.
“Regulate industrial production”
In a press release published on June 22, the Spanish government, which negotiated this text with the various provinces of the country, indicates that it has approved this bill in the Council of Ministers. This text, motivated in particular by the coronavirus crisis, provides “to establish the need to regulate industrial production in Spain according to the needs dictated by the crisis situation”.
This text should also regulate a “strategic reserve” which is based on “national industrial production capacities”, in order to limit dependence on international supplies.
Finally, in the event of identification “of a scenario which could lead to a declaration of a situation of interest for national security”, the National Security Council must “be able to adopt the necessary measures” to make these resources available. The government did not expand on these measures, nor on a possible mobilization of citizens or possible seizures in the event of a crisis as put forward by El Pais.
Contacted by 20 minutes, the Spanish Embassy did not wish to go into further detail on the new rules contained in this text.
The bill has yet to be debated by Spanish parliamentarians. It must collect a majority of votes to be adopted. Pablo Casado, the leader of the popular party, has already made it known his opposition to this text.