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 population. In addition, no citizen may be deprived of pharmaceutical assistance for financial reasons.

In accordance with various resolutions adopted by Parliament, it shall not be called for new tenders for the management of primary health care centres.

4. Education 

The Parliament of Catalonia has brought an action, which was declared admissible on 3 April 2014, to have a substantial portion of the articles of Organic Law No. 8/2013 of 9 December for the improvement of educational quality (Ley orgánica 8/2013, de 9 de diciembre, de mejora de la calidad educativa) declared unconstitutional. This action, supported by the legal opinion of the Council for Statutory Guarantees (Consell de Garanties Estatutàries ), argued that the contested provisions of the organic law are contrary to the powers vested in the Generalitat in this field, contrary to the Catalan educational model determined by the Catalan law on education, and contrary to the consensus reached by the entire educational community. Consistently with this action, the future government shall ensure, in its action in the field of education, that the powers vested in the Catalan administrations are fully effective and respected and that the consensus reached by the entire educational community is maintained.

5. Guarantee of public freedoms 

The Parliament of Catalonia has brought an action, which was declared admissible on 21 July 2015, to have some articles of Organic Law No. 4/2015 on protecting public safety (Ley orgánica 4/2015, de protección de la seguridad ciudadana) declared unconstitutional. This action, supported by the legal opinion of the Council for Statutory Guarantees, argued that the contested provisions of the organic law are contrary to some fundamental rights protected by international instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights and by case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. Consistently with this action, the future government shall ensure, in its action in the field of public safety, that the aforementioned fundamental rights are fully effective and respected.

6. Local government 

With a view to guaranteeing the full powers of the Catalan local authorities in the public interest, the future government shall provide the necessary support tools to cease the effects of the provisions of Law nº 27/2013 of the Spanish State of 27 December on the rationalisation and sustainability of local government (Ley 27/2013, de 27 de diciembre, de racionalización y __________