The cycle of meetings 'Conversations with Cayetana' made a stop in Teruel this Saturday. The deputy of the Partido Popular and number two on the list to the Congress for Madrid led a pre-campaign event in the capital of Teruel, where she defended honesty, responsibility, and exemplary conduct as basic pillars of political life, calling for "the revolution of decency" to recover the public sphere and move forward with national reconstruction.
This is one of the public events the deputy and deputy spokesperson of the Partido Popular in the Congress, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, has been holding, in which she talks with supporters, party members, and neighbors about Spain’s political situation, the state of the institutions, and her proposal of a "revolution of decency" in contrast to the government of Pedro Sánchez.
Around 400 people attended the meeting, at which the provincial president of the Partido Popular and candidate for the Senate for the elections on November 29, Emma Buj, also spoke, along with the head of the list for Teruel to the Congress and mayor of Calanda, Alberto Herrero.
During her address, Álvarez de Toledo emphasized the urgency of restoring prestige to the institutions. She referred to the rally offered the previous day by Pedro Sánchez in Valencia, where the name of Óscar Puente was chanted, "responsible for the deaths of 115 people," she denounced. "It starts by striking deals with Bildu and ends by chanting the name of the person responsible for the death of 115 people," she lamented.
"Revolution of decency" and recovery of trust
One of the central themes of her message was the defense of what she calls a "revolution of decency," a political initiative with which the PP seeks to champion honesty, morality, and exemplary conduct in the performance of public office.
"You have to recover the principle of merit, choose the best by eliminating freeloaders and loudmouths." The deputy advocated for a united, free, and optimistic Spain, and defended strengthening the middle classes, promoting access to housing, and creating new opportunities for young people. At the same time, she called for preserving the independence of the institutions and reinforcing the mechanisms for holding political leaders accountable.
"Here you come to work, we want trained young people who can compete all over the world," Álvarez de Toledo stressed, who also denounced the situation of helplessness that, in her view, many young people are experiencing today.
"They emancipate 15 years later than the rest of Europe," he lamented, defending the need to bring more land onto the market to promote new housing and make it cheaper, combat illegal squatting, and lower taxes to facilitate the future of the new generations.
On housing, he recalled Feijóo’s commitment to build one million homes. Álvarez mocked the PSOE slogan "not all of us are equal." "Of course not all of us are equal, because we don’t have a pimp relative, nor do we go on vacation the day after they invade our country," she said, prompting prolonged applause from the audience.
Immigration, citizen participation, and "Empty Spain"
In the final part of her speech, Álvarez de Toledo addressed the immigration issue. "Of course immigration is necessary—people who have to come to work and integrate into better values than the ones they come from—not because they are ours, but because they are the ones that allow the different to live together in peace and freedom."
"The law must be the same for everyone who enters our country legally," she ruled. The MP appealed to civic involvement and urged those present to become "militants of democracy," highlighting the importance she attaches to active citizen participation in public life.
The event was not limited to the issues raised by the journalist who led the conversation. A round of remarks from the public was opened, in which some of the main social and political concerns were discussed, including the situation of numerous municipalities in the so-called "Empty Spain."
Emma Buj, for her part, defended the advisability of starting a new political stage in Spain, based on strengthening institutions, creating opportunities for young people, and restoring citizens’ trust in their representatives.
The provincial chairwoman of the PP in Teruel was the one in charge of inaugurating the event, highlighting the weight that the upcoming election date will have in the direction of the country.
Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo’s visit to Teruel is included in the Partido Popular’s pre-campaign agenda in Aragón. The party managed to gather a sizeable group of supporters who filled the facilities of the former Banco de España entirely, now the CEFCA’s current headquarters.