 The Statute of Benicàssim proposed a new design, but the UCD representative on the
Constitutional Committee of the Congress of Deputies managed to impose an amendment making the flag of the autonomous community the same as that of the city of Valencia (for, 17; against, 16; abstention, 1) which includes the blue fringe (the "Senyera Coronada").Since the adoption of the first Statute of Autonomy, the issue has lost much of its controversy.The use of the "Senyera coronada" has a wide acceptance within the Valencian Community, although some small groups on the left of the political spectrum (e.g.