The PNV proposal that shields the Euskera in OPEs goes ahead with the support of EH Bildu
According to the proposed law, each public administration shall determine the level of demand of the Basque Country in its public job offers, in order not to appeal to the courts.
Public job offer at BEC.
EH Bildu, with his support, has allowed the PNV to continue the processing of the proposed law to reform the Public Employment Act and for each public administration todetermine the level of demand of the Basque Country in its public job offers, in order not to appeal to the courts.
The bill has not been signed by the member of the government and, as expected,the Socialists voted against.
Thus, the PNV has succeeded in advancing this bill thanks to the support of the abertzale coalition. The PP and Vox voted against the proposal, while the only member of parliament in the Summary abstained.
With this legal reform, the PNV and EH Bilduwant to shield the Euskera from public job offers in response to judgments that in recent months have questioned the demand of the Euskera in these election processes.
Parliament will now create a paper in which the groups will discuss the amendments. In principle, it is proposed to reform the Public Employment Act so that each institution determines the number of places in which the Basque language must be compulsory.
On the part of the PNV, Markel Olano has argued that this amendment seeks to put an end tothe "uncertainty" created by these rulings , as well as to the interpretation made in them of the common index of all administrations to establish places with dates of perception for the accreditation of the Basque Country.
EH Bildu's spokesman, Pello Otxandiano, believes that it would have been logical to present an initiative with the PNV to replace the bill registered by EH Bildu, which is being debated this morning and will probably be rejected.
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