Tax cuts to help businesses and families in the next budget, Junta president promises

He also said there will be measures to help families who are especially vulnerable and that a great deal of money is to be assigned for projects to alleviate the water shortage, including new pipelines and desalination plants.

On a different matter, Moreno said he believed a possible pardon for a former president of the Junta, socialist José Antonio Griñán, who was jailed for six years for the so-called ‘ERE case’ regarding collective dismissal procedures, could “damage the image and the credibility of the justice system”.

He said the justice system needs to be respected and when a sentence is given it should be definite and completed in full. He did admit, however, that from a human point of view he would never want anybody of such an advanced age as Griñán to have to serve a prison term.