The Minister of Finance and the PSOE’s number two for Congress for Valencia, Arcadi España, has said that "PP and Vox have copied Trump’s strategy" in the United States by "casting doubt" on postal voting and, subsequently, the system provided for in the so-called 'law of grandsons'. "When someone has Spanish nationality they have to have it fully, and having it fully means having the right to vote," he stressed.
The Socialist leader made these statements in response to the media before taking part in an event in Valencia this Monday afternoon, after the Supreme Court decided not to suspend the vote of the children of those naturalized under the 'law of grandsons', which will allow them to participate in the general elections on 29 November.
España recalled that Trump "always called into question the outcome and the transparency of the elections": "He did it beforehand, by questioning it, so that then, if the result turned out the way he wanted, everything had gone well, and if the result was negative for him, saying that he had lost."
In this regard, he has argued that "here the People’s Party and Vox have copied that strategy: they started with postal voting and they have continued too, by also casting doubt on the procedure. A law established a long time ago already allows the descendants of Spaniards to access nationality and, therefore, the vote."
CALLS FOR MOBILIZATION AFTER THE LATEST POLLS
Meanwhile, asked about the latest election polls for 29N and whether he considers it possible for the PSOE to make up ground, the candidate indicated that these studies show that "mobilization, just as has happened in Brazil or in the United States, is the key so that progressive forces continue in the Government of Spain," something, in his view, that is being seen "from the very beginning" of this pre-election campaign.
"We have two clear models: one of progress and that of the right and extreme right, now united and married in all their proposals," he said, to underline that "the only thing they offer, and it’s a paradoxical thing for a party that stands for election, is to tell citizens that if they govern they will have fewer rights and will live worse."
According to Spain, this is "a dynamic that is already consolidated in this campaign, with the electoral program of the proposals of the Partido Popular, which Vox drafts for them." In response, it has highlighted the work of the PSOE and of the rest of progressive forces "with ideas of progress to improve our country in the coming years".