The head of the Vox list for Zaragoza to Congress in the general elections on November 29, Carmen Rouco, defended this Tuesday the principle of national priority in all public institutions against the "corrupt and traitorous" Government of Spain led by Pedro Sánchez.
In a press conference, she emphasized that "what is really important is to change the course of Spain, to throw out this corrupt and traitorous Government, and for that the vote is very necessary" on November 29, with the aim of promoting "an absolute change of all these policies that currently govern the Government of Spain."
Rouco stressed that "it is not about changing colors, but about changing policies from top to bottom" and maintained that "it is common sense that must reach the Council of Ministers, and it must come hand in hand with Vox."
She claimed that "one of the advantages of Vox is that we are predictable, we do not change our minds," so "what we said from the opposition is what we convey to the electoral program, from the electoral program to the government agreements and from the government agreements to the official bulletin of the autonomous communities: Transparency."
According to her, "this is how we demonstrated it here, in Aragón, when the Aragonese gave us double the trust and we went to double the deputies," at which point Vox signed an agreement with the PP and "it was clear" their principle of national priority, already applied in aid for multiple births and in family support projects. "We will see it very soon in the housing law," she added.
She insisted that "first the locals, those who have always contributed," recalling that "our parents and grandparents have made this Welfare State in Spain possible."
For the candidate, "it is not logical that the last ones to arrive are the first in line." She criticized the regularization in Aragón of 33,000 immigrants by Sánchez's Government, which she described as "a betrayal of the Aragonese and it is what we want to avoid."
Rouco defended that "in Spain, Spaniards must come first, just as in Lithuania the Lithuanians come first and in Algeria the Algerians," pointing out that up to 40% of PSOE voters would share this approach. She reiterated that "resources are finite and, consequently, we must prioritize distribution among the locals."
He specified that "priority does not mean exclusivity," but rather "means that between Natalia, a grade 3 dependent woman, or someone who has illegally entered and should not be here, the aid and support must go first to Natalia; that is coherence and that is common sense."
Remigration and criticism of migration policy
The Vox candidate has also supported the remigration or repatriation of "all immigrants who have come illegally," as well as those who have committed crimes, even if they have legal residency in Spain, since, in her opinion, "they must return to their country and serve their sentences there."
She has also demanded remigration for "all those who come solely to live off public aid, without contributing anything to the system" because "they cannot be here."
Rouco has reminded that "we were already warned, we have been saying for many years what was going to happen, the consequences that this massive, uncontrolled immigration, and most of the time illegal, was going to have," which, she indicated, mainly affects "the humblest families, the middle classes, the working classes, the young people who cannot even access housing," who "see themselves as the last in line and, moreover, cannot have a life project."
In her opinion, "what is evident is that Sánchez's and the PSOE's policies have created an excess demand for a minimal supply, which is why access to housing has become really inaccessible and restrictive."
For young people, she expressed that "we want a house, a car, and a job, not unemployment, a small room, and a bike lane, which is what the left offers," and argued that "no life or family project can be created while young Spaniards are condemned to live in a box or share the fridge shelf with other people they don't even know."
Deregulation and support for self-employed and SMEs
Rouco has pointed out that the third pillar of Vox's program is deregulation, consisting of "putting an end to all these tons of papers, regulations, laws, codes, and rules, that overlap with each other and, moreover, contradict each other, because the only thing they do is end up harming the self-employed, SMEs, and even families."
He defended that, in contrast, "the Administration is to facilitate, to set conditions of play that guarantee equality and free competition, in no case to crush the citizen." He denounced that freelancers "cannot spend half of their time filling out papers."
Likewise, he criticized the confrontation between autonomous communities and the fact that Sánchez governs with the backing of "the enemies of Spain."
Call to vote and accusations against the left
Carmen Rouco has insisted that "the elections are not, by any means, decided or won" and has appealed "to the responsibility" of citizens, emphasizing that "sovereignty resides in the Spanish people and that is why every vote is important, it cannot be allowed to be lost." She warned that Sánchez "is going to do everything possible to ensure that these elections are not clean" and cited the 'grandchildren's law' as an example, which she labeled as "an attempt at fraud."
On the other hand, she warned that "the far left is getting emboldened with the chaos, with the streets burning, violence always comes from the same source," citing the recent case in Galicia and that of 'The six from Zaragoza', "who have ended up pardoned," as well as "the sewers of the PSOE," which "have not hesitated to resort to a clan of drug traffickers to try to eliminate Judge Beatriz Biedma." "We are not afraid of them," she concluded.
In reference to the agreement between Vox and the PP for the Senate, Rouco referred to the words of the party's secretary general, Ignacio Garriga, to emphasize that PP and Vox are "very different" political forces, but that "patriotism must be had" because "the worst of Sánchez, the squatter of La Moncloa, is yet to come" and "the fraud is on the table."