The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has reproached this Friday that he does not listen to the "traitors to the homeland" of the PP and Vox censoring the trip that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is making these days to China, while those same right-wing parties described as "bad" the trip he recently made to the same Asian country "in search of investments and to strengthen ties with one of the great superpowers" of the current world.
The also Secretary General of the PSOE launched this message during his speech at the closing rally of the Andalusian elections this Sunday, May 17, organized by the PSOE-A at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos of Seville, Fibes, together with the Secretary General of the PSOE-A and candidate for the Junta, María Jesús Montero.
Before an audience of about 3,500 people, according to the organization, among whom were the Secretary of Organization of the federal PSOE, Rebeca Torró, and the former presidents of the Junta de Andalucía Manuel Chaves and José Antonio Griñán, the head of the Executive referred to Trump's trip to China and his meeting with the president of the Asian giant, Xi Jinping.
Sánchez specified that, in his opinion, "it is good news that the two great superpowers of this world meet, talk, try to reach agreements," something he considers beneficial "for stability and peace in the world," because "we already have enough wars," and it is necessary "to reach agreements" and "use diplomacy; in short, politics."
After that, the president insisted that he does not see "the right criticizing Trump for visiting Xi in Beijing." He pointed out that "it gives the impression that if I go to Beijing in search of investments and to strengthen ties with one of the great superpowers, that is bad for the right," while if the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, "goes to Mexico to insult Mexicans, that is good," he complained, before asking himself "what kind of patriotism is this."
Support for Lamine Yamal and the Palestinian people
In addition, Sánchez indicated that he is "waiting for the right, the PP and Vox, to show solidarity and support" for the FC Barcelona footballer Lamine Yamal, who "simply for waving a flag, that of Palestine," has been "criticized by the Israeli government" of Benjamin Netanyahu.
"What patriots," the PSOE leader has launched in allusion to PP and Vox, before expressing his party's "support" "for that athlete and the Palestinian people, and all" his "rejection of the violation of human rights and international legality that Netanyahu is perpetrating." His words were met with a prolonged ovation from the audience, who rose to their feet.
Sánchez has also reproached that the right wing finds it "nothing" to say "no" to measures such as the revaluation of pensions, the increase in the Minimum Interprofessional Wage, the labor reform, the Housing Law, or the modification of the Constitution to "shield the right to abortion for women" in Spain.
"To all that, no; now, when an illegal war arrives, they either step aside or say yes," he has denounced, before once again calling PP and Vox "traitors" and not "patriots," because, he has remarked, "a patriot is one who defends people's rights, the general interest of their country, not one who sells themselves to the highest bidder, as they do, every time they have the opportunity."