Next Sunday, May 12, the autonomous elections in Catalonia. More than 5.7 million people are called to the polls to elect those who will be the new members of the Parliament. Some will exercise their right in one of the more than 8,000 polling stations spread throughout the community, while Others will choose to cast their vote at a Post Office.
The electoral campaign is already underway and the different parties have until May 10 to make their proposals for the new legislature known. Common Addthe coalition that is presenting itself for the first time to the Catalan regional elections, will try to find a place in the Parliament of Catalonia. Therefore, those of Jessica Albiach They have already unveiled their electoral program, which carries the motto ‘La Catalunya que ve’ (‘The Catalonia that comes’, in Spanish) and has six key points.
The proposals of the Sumar program
The Sumar program seeks to guarantee that all citizens can have equal access to all basic services: education, health, housing… To do this, they intend to regulate seasonal rentals, as well as promote by law a unit to defend the right to housing in order to stop “real estate speculation and harassment.”
Education will be inclusive and cohesive. Adding will improve the quality of public education recovering the sixth hour, the universalization of the school cafeteria and extracurricular activities. In addition, it proposes a plan with 80% of schools being publicly owned and a law for bioclimatization of classrooms.
Another of the strong points is Health. Sumar’s program chooses to shield and protect this public service. They will allocate 25% of the health budget to Primary Care to reduce waiting lists for appointments: a patient will be able to see their general practitioner in less than 48 hours and the specialist in a maximum of 5 days.
