The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, has defended the "just causes" that have led the unions to call the general strike this Wednesday, although he has stressed that, because of his position in the Government, he cannot take part in it.
"We want there to be decent wages" and "the right to affordable housing," he said this Tuesday in an interview on 'La noche en 24h', collected by Europa Press, where he highlighted the "work" of the trade union organizations and the "social achievements" achieved by the working class thanks to their action.
At the same time, he has claimed the measures of the Executive "in favor of entrepreneurship," "for businesses," so that they "can have and generate employment." He has described these initiatives as "social-democratic" and has emphasized that the Government "defends" the reasons behind the strike.
In addition, he has lashed out at PP and Vox for refusing to back the general strike and for not being "in favor of having housing at a reasonable price" or of wage increases, reminding that these parties vote "against everything" in Congress, while the Executive has "multiplied by eight" the resources allocated to housing.
Along these lines, he has focused on the resistance of several autonomous communities to applying the housing law approved by the central Government, which allows rent prices to be limited in stressed areas, and he has called on citizens to decide in the May autonomous elections whether they want "progressive governments" or "reactionaries."
"If we have allies in the autonomous communities, it will be easier because the entire housing law can be implemented with all the tools it has," he concluded.