The spokesperson for the PP in the Assembly of Madrid, Carlos Díaz-Pache, has reiterated that the Government delegate in the region, Francisco Martín, will be "responsible" for what happens at the camp set up in Puerta del Sol, which he has described as a "hotbed of terror and dirt."
In an interview on "Telemadrid," reported by Europa Press, the 'popular' leader has criticized the "inaction" of the central Executive in the face of the situation at this nerve center of the capital. In his opinion, the continued presence of the campers poses a serious problem for coexistence and the image of the city.
"It is nonsense, a hotbed of terror, a hotbed of dirt (...) Just the fact that passing by there you have that smell of urine, that nauseating smell, those people there with those tents and those camping tents... It seems to me that it is a total lack of respect for a city and a country that prides itself on having that in the center of its capital," he stated, insisting on the deterioration that, according to him, the concentration causes.
Díaz-Pache maintains that the camp "is sinking the business of the merchants" and damaging the "image of Madrid," understanding that a public space is being "privatized for the use of a few." In his opinion, one of the most emblematic squares in the center of the capital is "taken over by radicals who have camped there" and who maintain "that disgusting" and manage it in a "mafia-like" manner by not "allowing people to cross."
The spokesperson emphasized that "merchants are losing around 60, 70% of their turnover, it is not right that this is being allowed, and it is being allowed by the Government delegate whom we hold responsible for any consequences it may also have on security and on heritage." At this point, he pointed out the damages suffered by the Royal Post House and the statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree, which, he claims, have been "vandalized" by those gathered.
According to Díaz-Pache, the Government Delegation is deliberately choosing not to act "because they are interested in having that noise, that degradation of public spaces because they are interested in that for Spain."
The representative of the PP has also emphasized that the camp "is not" nor "has it ever been" a genuine protest for access to housing, but rather a "political movement of the left and the far-left to talk about anything, simply to see the streets on fire."