Pedro Sánchez has taken advantage of this Friday of his first campaign rally in Arnedo (La Rioja) to attack Alberto Núñez Feijóo for the explanations he has offered about his relationship with Marcial Dorado and for acknowledging that he does not know English during his interview with Jordi Wild. The president of the Government has questioned the PP leader’s version about when he learned about the activities of the Galician businessman and has ironized about his lack of knowledge of the language. "And these are the ones from the culture of effort", he reproached before Socialist party members.
At the municipal fronton in Arnedo, Sánchez recalled the 1990 police operation against Marcial Dorado and has cast doubt on Feijóo not knowing about his background when both had a relationship years later. "Today he has the blessed nerve to say on the program of this youtuber that in 1995 he didn’t know that Marcial Dorado was a drug trafficker", he stated. The popular party leader had defended in the interview that he met the businessman before he was investigated for drug trafficking and that he ended their relationship after learning of a judicial procedure for smuggling.
He has also used another response from Feijóo to Wild to question his preparation. After the PP president acknowledged that he does not speak English and that he had not made an effort to learn it, Sánchez recalled that knowledge of languages is usually required in the labor market. "Let’s see if it’s true that Feijóo is president because he doesn’t want to", he ironized.
Sánchez points to Abascal and promotes Carlos Cuerpo as vice president
The criticism has spread to Santiago Abascal, whom Sánchez has reproached for his statements about pensions and for his economic knowledge. The president has linked both interventions to the possibility of PP and Vox forming a Government after the 29N.
"These elections are also about who will be the next vice president of the Government", he warned, before promoting the first vice president, Carlos Cuerpo, as an alternative to Abascal. Of the Executive’s economic figure, he highlighted that "he does know about economics and a few languages".
"These elections are also about doing away with bad manners"
At another point in his intervention, Sánchez has denounced the insults he receives and has linked them to attacks aimed at different social groups. "They don't stop insulting my mother", he has said, before extending his criticism to those, as he has denounced, who look down on the women who take part in the demonstrations of March 8, immigrants, homosexual people, trade unions, and pensioners.
"These elections are also about that, choosing good politics and driving out bad manners", he has defended. In the face of those attitudes, he has called for the social policies of his Government, especially the increase in the minimum wage, labor reform, the adjustment upward of pensions, and the rules on telework and workers of digital platforms.
The president also expressly thanked the work of trade union organizations, after denouncing that they had received insults during the previous day.
PSOE opens the Riojan campaign with its candidates for Congress and the Senate
The rally was held this Friday starting at 17:00 hours at the short frontón in Arnedo, within the first day of campaigning for the general elections on November 29. Sánchez shared the event with the PSOE general secretary of La Rioja and former mayor of the town, Javier García; the current mayor, Rosa Herce; the socialist lead candidate for Congress, Elisa Garrido, and the candidate for the Senate, Concha Andreu.
The visit is especially relevant for Riojan socialists, who are trying to keep their two MPs in a constituency of four seats in which Vox is seeking to gain representation. After his appearance in Arnedo, Sánchez plans to travel to Pamplona to take part in another rally alongside the Navarrese president, María Chivite, and the socialist candidate for Congress, Elma Saiz.