The spokesperson for Adelante Andalucía, José Ignacio García, defended this Thursday that his party acted on November 11 "where it had to be: in the mobilizations to defend the main problem that the people in Andalusia are suffering," referring to the strike day that coincided with the debate on the Andalusian Budget Law for 2027, a session that the parliamentary left did not attend.
García contrasted that absence with the presence of the Andalusian Government of PP and Vox in the Plenary, whom he reproached for being in Parliament "approving the budget for privatization, propaganda and little handouts" in order to "have a free house, just like that." In response to these criticisms, the president of the Regional Assembly, Juanma Moreno, replied by accusing Adelante of having attended on 11N "promptly, swiftly, and to follow to the letter what his boss, Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE, says."
Moreno questioned the Andalusianism that Adelante claims to uphold by pointing out that "if you are so independentist, Andalusianist and so, so 'ista', the first thing you have to do is respect this Chamber and not Sánchez's orders. It was your duty to attend the plenary session, which is not any plenary session, but the most important one" since it was the debate on the Budget Law, in which "the present and the future are set." As the president emphasized, with their absence they "have left their voters without protection," and he addressed García assuring: "It’s smart. He knows he has made a mistake. He knows he can’t follow Montero. He knows that no matter how much fear it gives him to isolate himself from the boss, he has to break with him."
The head of the Andalusian Executive warned Adelante that "throughout all of 2027 they will not be able to criticize the Budget Law because they have not come to debate it," considering that they have deprived their electorate of the "right" to defend an alternative project. "You resigned, you abdicated" of your parliamentary role when "democracy doesn’t sleep," Moreno concluded, who accused the left-wing formation of having gone campaigning on 11N, "more focused on likes and votes than on doing their job."
In his reply turn, José Ignacio García has cited data on the housing situation to justify support for the strike, reminding the president of the Junta of the eight daily evictions in Andalusia, the 640,000 vacant homes existing in the community, and the prices of VPOs. In his view, these indicators explain the reasons to mobilize. "Of course it seems to you that there are no reasons for the strike; that they have devoted themselves to ridiculing and getting at the unions, even to saying that unions should be prohibited. You are happy because the government serves banks, investment funds, and the four smart guys who get rich off the housing situation. That is why Adelante was at the mobilization and PP and Vox approving here the budget for the little handouts. Each one was where they had to be".
The spokesperson for Adelante has insisted that "while people are having a terrible time with housing, they were here approving the budget for the little handouts," and he has confronted specific budget items: the 60 million euros allocated to senior posts versus the 10 million for the construction of VPOs; as well as the 10% increase in funds for bullfighting and sponsorships, including 200,000 euros "for a canapé for the lobby of tourist apartments". Along these lines, he has demanded of the regional Executive: "Stop wasting the money of Andalusian workers on propaganda, privatization, and little handouts".