The president of the PP and candidate for the Presidency of the Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has this Saturday claimed himself as a "manager" from Galicia, the community where he was in charge of the Xunta for 13 years. From there, he launched a harsh attack on the "eight years" of the "sanchismo" in the central Executive, which he has condensed "into a ministry, the one of Transportes". "From Ábalos to Puente and it’s always Sánchez. Corruption, machismo, incompetence and arrogance. That’s it for the summary," he said.
At the central PP rally in Galicia and, unless plans change, the only one that Feijóo will headline in the community, before "more than 8,000 people," the popular leader has placed the Urda accident, in which 69 people died, as a backdrop to qualify Sánchez's actions as a "shame," a management which, he has stressed, "has cost money to the Spanish and has also cost lives."
"They run campaigns so that people forget. The Spanish are not going to forget and we want it not to happen again," he emphasized. At the event, Ana Pastor, former Minister of Development in the Mariano Rajoy Government when the Angrois rail disaster occurred, in Santiago, with 80 deaths, had a prominent presence.
Before continuing with his criticisms, Feijóo has assured that, if he comes to govern, "there will be no more corruption and the Government of Spain will be clean." "The first Council of Ministers will begin with an audit of what they have touched and plundered," he announced, also stressing that there will be "no pardons for corrupt people."
"Change is decency" and the end of "machismo" in the Government
"Whoever has stolen will pay. Everything will be known. Everything will have consequences and there will be no impunity. The change is decency. And there will not be any more machismo in the Government offices," he has guaranteed, reproaching the socialists that they "paid with public money to women" whom they treated "like merchandise."
Feijóo has also accused members of the current Executive of "exposing women to attackers by exonerating rapists and hundreds of men convicted of sexual abuse." "And there will no longer be shoddy work with the anti-mistreatment wristbands," he added, also lamenting that "sanchismo has left thousands of men enter this country who do not respect women, nor the LGTBI collective."
In parallel, and amid the ongoing controversy over the Ministry of Housing, the PP leader has confirmed that housing policies will be integrated into a Vice Presidency. "But what’s important," he has said, "is that from La Moncloa it will push for the construction of 'one million' homes."
A Government 'up to the task' and the role of immigration
During his speech, Feijóo has promised to form an Executive "up to the task." "May it serve you and not rob you while you’re breaking your back," he has explained, insisting that he values the "effort" of citizens and calling for the Government to "reciprocate" through taxes.
"Reciprocating the effort is that the money goes back into your pocket," he has summarized, and in a pre-election context marked by Vox’s rise within the right-wing bloc, he has defended the need to have immigrants who "integrate."
Support for immigrants and a 'Free Venezuela'
His proposal, he has reiterated, involves an "up to the task" Government that "counts on" "Venezuelans, Peruvians and Ecuadorians." "With all those who live in peace, who comply with the laws and who integrate into our country," he has emphasized.
"Long live free Venezuela!", he has also proclaimed at the rally, recalling the PP’s support for María Corina Machado and underlining his party’s commitment to the Venezuelan democratic cause.