Valencian City Council

Dismisses the appeal of the Valencian City Council against the suspension of the plan. The Government considers that the plan constituted an act of spoliation of the historical heritage, so decreed his immediate cancellation. Ruling prevents the Valencian consistory to continue with their plans. The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Ayuntamiento de Valencia against the suspension of the Special Plan of protection and reform inside (PEPRI) of el Cabanyal ordered by the Ministry of culture, as reported by the Department in a statement. The Ministry issued an order on December 29, 2009 stating that cited urban action, which provides for the extension of avenida Blasco Ibanez to the sea, constituted an act of spoliation of historical heritage, so decreed his immediate cancellation. The Ayuntamiento de Valencia lodged an appeal before the High Court against this decision of the Government, which was also rejected, and subsequently the It was elevated to the Supreme Court. According to the Ministry of culture, the ruling prevents the Valencian consistory continue with their urban plans in el Cabanyal. The order of the Ministry was based on a judgment of the Court of Justice of Madrid and in another of the Supreme Court, which ratified the competence of the State in the protection of historical heritage. Source of the news: the Supreme Court ratifies the stoppage of the plan in el Cabanyal ordered by culture in 2009.

Void Ballots Constitute

In total, 913.089 people have voted white or null in the municipal. The white vote is figure record in democracy, with 550,000 votes. PP sweeps in the elections, the PP suffers a great debacle. Credit: Amazon-2011. The option to vote blank in municipal elections this Sunday has been followed by 552.910 Spaniards, with 99% of the votes counted, representing a 2.57% of the total and a record in the history of democracy. In addition, the null votes have also experienced a remarkable recovery with respect to the municipal elections of four years ago, have been posted 360.179 null votes, 1.67%, while in the previous municipal percentage was 1.17%. Until this Sunday, had never introduced so many empty ballots in elections; the brand was registered in municipal elections in 1999, when the 1.95% of votes were blank.

But had never exceeded the threshold of 2% of the votes. Altogether, there were 913.089 citizens or have prrido do not vote for none of the nominations or have deposited null votes. Together null and blank votes were to become the fourth largest political force in the country, after the people’s Party, the PSOE and Izquierda Unida. Combined white and null votes get less votes than UI, who got 1.420.601, but rather than CIU, which won 778.522. For its part, the abstention would add more than 12 million votes in these elections. Source of the news: blank votes and null votes combined would constitute the fourth political force in Spain