MADRID, 27 Jan. 17 / 12:26 pm (ACI).- The City of Valencia (Spain) approved last Thursday the withdrawal of religious symbols from all areas of public ownership that depend on the mayor, except that represent a capital asset, and historical, on which there is a consensus that it is relevant to do so.
the motion also included that the city held just acts and commemorations "exclusively of a civil nature", but tolerate those that are related to the cultural heritage or public holiday as are the floral offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados is performed in Failure or the Holy Week, as well as the procession of Corpus Christi.
The proposal also includes the incorporation of a progressive way of references to commemorations of the civil calendar, official and public institutions to the street city.
The motion was submitted by Valencia city council, a platform linked to we Can, joined by other parties such as the PSOE and Compromís. From the PP, described as "an attack on the beliefs of the valencian people", and Citizens also rejected introducing amendments to 13 points of the motion, which were subsequently denied.
According to the newspaper ABC, the spokesman of the PP in Valencia, Eusebio Monzó, stated that this motion "divides the people of valencia, returns to the Constitution of the 31 and returns to be a political gesture rather than the management, because some points are already doing, and ignores the reality, history and traditions".
In this way it also approves the amendment of the laws to eliminate tax exemptions to religious denominations to pay the IBI (tax on property and real estate) on real estate intended for business, while that would be exempt from paying this tribute that were to be used exclusively for worship or which have a purpose of social assistance.
The motion also supports the Congress of Deputies and the Government to renegotiate eventually, the Concordat with the Holy see to "respect the principle of non-confessionalism as enshrined in the Constitution", he declared, Jordi Peris, spokesman of Valencia city council.
as stated in the newspaper ABC, Peris said: "we’re not going to destroy churches and burn altarpieces or prevent between churches, synagogues or mosques" and accepted that they are experts who decide on what elements of cultural heritage and tradition are.
The PP announced that it will present a motion law in the Cortes of Valencia to "protect religious freedom".
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