The head of the PP list for Barcelona to Congress and mayor of Badalona (Barcelona), Xavier García Albiol, has defended that "the perception there is on the street is very positive" when he was asked about the poll from the newspaper 'Ara', which points to a possible loss of a PP seat in Catalonia in the next general elections.
He stated this this Saturday in Terrassa (Barcelona), in a media appearance together with the general secretary of the PP in Catalonia, Juan Fernández, when he was questioned by the survey prepared by YouGov for the newspaper 'Ara' and released this Friday, according to which the conservatives could end up with 5 deputies (5-7), one fewer than in 2023, when they won 6.
"The feelings are very good. I am totally convinced that on the 29th the PP will obtain representation in Catalonia in all provinces and that in Barcelona we will also increase our representation", he replied.
Problems "neither right-wing nor left-wing"
Albiol explained that he perceives "a steady trickle, city after city, of people" who join the PP and that until now they had not given him their support, and he addressed the residents of Terrassa who were following his words in Vella Square, to whom he asked for backing for the popular project regardless of their political ideology.
After referring to issues such as criminal multirecidivism and migration control, he defended: "I say it in a very clear way: these problems are neither right-wing nor left-wing. They are suffered by both the people who vote for the left and those who vote for the right".
"I am finding a lot of people who tell me they have never voted for the PP, that they are socialists, that they vote for Vox or even former Convergència voters. And that is what matters: they tell me that they feel like orphans and that they are seriously considering voting for us in these elections", he emphasized.
The popular leader stressed that, as a deputy for Barcelona in Congress, his purpose will be "to bring about solutions to problems that are common sense, that are neither right-wing nor left-wing", insisting that there is a security problem linked to immigration.
Debate with Ada Colau on housing
In relation to the 'face-to-face' debate on housing that Albiol proposed this Friday to the Frente Amplio candidate, Ada Colau, and which she has accepted, the PP leader considered that it may turn out to be "very enriching" for contrasting models of housing and society.
He has pointed out that this “face-to-face” “has a certain morbid fascination,” and has emphasized that Colau embodies a project opposed to his, which he has defined as a model of order.
“If he filled Barcelona with perroflautas, squatters, and people of this kind, as vice president of the Government it could be incredible, the disaster that is coming for us,” he has sentenced.