Social Affairs Ombudsman complaint inequalities "checks" baby "
Families who have not collected the 2,500 euros pledged by the Government to go to trial foreign mothers who do not have two years Spain can not charge. If they were gay couples, no problem.
Ignacio, accompanied by his wife Kathryn, and little Sophie, now exceeding six months
Ignacio, accompanied by his wife Kathryn, and little Sophie, now exceeding six months
Jaime V. Echagüe madrid-The Government launched aid, true, but not for everyone. Among those excluded are Ignacio Ladegui, whose story was published in these pages last January. As his daughter Sofia has been fulfilling months, and over six-Ignacio has gained knowledge of legislation, letters and phone calls. And this father is not charged EUR 2,500 Zapatero promised to all those families who gave birth a baby from July 1. Why? His wife, Kathryn, a U.S. national, has less two years living in Spain. And according to the law, she is the only recipient of the "check-baby."
In fact, the couple recently received a letter from the tax agency denying aid. "It is an unjust law, unreasonable and discriminatory," he said then and says now Ignacio. "So far they have come"
In fact, the couple recently received a letter from the tax agency denying aid. "It is an unjust law, unreasonable and discriminatory," he said then and says now Ignacio. "So far they have come"
Families like this until they fainted. However, a letter of Ignatius to the Ombudsman in which he denounced the situation has finally had an answer. The document, seen by this newspaper, shows that the institution led by Enrique Mugica, after contacts with the Ministry of Finance 'Has revealed assumptions that are alien to the benefits of the Act giving rise to inequalities in unintended by the legislature. " However
"will arrive here" said Ignatius. "The Ombudsman's decisions are not binding. And although it may take the case to the Constitutional Court is not going to do. " A word filled with disappointment, mainly because the last paragraph of the letter, in which the Ombudsman referred to it "in his next annual report."
Ignacio believes that "I am being discriminated against on grounds of sex. The recipient of aid is my daughter, and she has no fault that I am no man and woman. " Both
has "hatched" Ignacio Ladegui the new law, he has discovered other "holes": "If we were in the same situation, but I was married to a man, yes that would opt to support," he says. "In that case, just that only one meets the conditions of residence for either spouse may be declared mother to claim benefit."
His decision is irrevocable, "I will take the case to an administrative dispute." Is your goal? Create case for all concerned. In fact, the letter of Múgica acknowledges that "several people" raised "dissatisfaction" with the law. "We will win," says Ignacio, aware that "we lose $ 3,000 'in the costs involved in the trial" to end up with only 2,500. " But "if it is to change the law, it is money well spent."
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