a Madrid The court canceled a government order imposing a partial lockdown due to the Coronavirus on Spanish The capital, which rules in favor of the Madrid region, is in a confrontation with national authorities ahead of a long weekend, according to Reuters.
Under the order of the Ministry of Health, on Friday, regional authorities in Madrid banned residents from leaving the area, including nine satellite towns, without a valid reason, and imposed other measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 in one of the Europe The worst hotspots for viruses.
Head of the regional government Isabel Diaz Ayuso He opposed the order, saying it would destroy the region’s economy, arguing that the ministry had no authority to impose such restrictions on the area.
The Madrid Regional Court upheld it in its ruling, describing the restrictions as “interference by public authorities with the basic rights of citizens without the legal mandate to support them.”
The restrictions imposed in Madrid, with its usually crowded restaurants and bars, have not been fully implemented yet, as fines cannot be imposed on people who violate the restrictions until the court issues its decision. The government can appeal.
Ayusu welcomed the court’s decision, however urging Madrilinus to stay at home over the coming weekend of Hispanic origin which usually sparks mass travel around Spain.
It promised to issue a set of “reasonable, fair and balanced” rules on Friday, which means that residents of the capital may still face more restrictions in a country where the government expects GDP to drop 11.2% in 2020.
And she said in a televised speech:
Madrid companies cannot continue like this … Nobody understands the rules, no one knows what is going on.
Under the law, the Spanish government can restrict basic rights by imposing a state of emergency, as it did nationwide for three months starting in March, but it is up to the regions, which control health policy, to request such measures at the local level. Scale outside the emergency.
Prime Minister Pedro SanchezDescribing the situation in Madrid as “worrying,” he told reporters in Algeria that his government would study the court ruling and decide how to proceed after a meeting with Madrid authorities.
The region recorded 741 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in the two weeks through October 7, according to World Health Organization, Making it the second most intense Covid-19 cluster in Europe after Andorra.
Spain reported 12,423 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, taking the national number to 8,48,324, the highest in Western Europe. The number of reported deaths increased from 126 to 32,688.
