The leader of the PP and candidate for the presidency of the Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has entrusted the mayor of Badalona (Barcelona) and candidate for Congress for this province, Xavier Garcia Albiol, to take on the presentation of an "anti-squatting" law in the Lower House.
Feijóo made this announcement this Sunday during an event held at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, in Barcelona, where he was supported by Albiol and the president of the PP of Catalonia, Alejandro Fernández.
Addressing Albiol, the popular president stated: "You are going to lead in the Congress of Deputies, you are going to be the presenter of the law, and we are going to approve it with you. Zero tolerance with the squatters, out in 48 hours yes or yes. Zero tolerance with crime and recidivism, out yes or yes. And maximum protection for the honest citizen."
He emphasized that Albiol knows firsthand the main problems of the Catalan municipalities and described him as "the pedestrian politician."
He also pointed out that he "fights day by day" as mayor of Badalona and that he knows every neighborhood of the city in detail, stating that Albiol has already proven that he knows how to implement this type of policies.
In this context, he posed the question "Did Colau do better in Barcelona or is Albiol doing better in Badalona?", insisting on the importance of articulating a majority in Catalonia ahead of the general elections on November 29.
"THE COUNTRY WE ARE GAMBLING ON"
"That is the country we are gambling on November 29," he stated, contrasting the figure of Albiol with that of the candidate of the Broad Front and former mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau.
In this line, he defended that "no center, center-right vote in Catalonia can serve to prolong the decay of Sánchez and Colau and the rest of their partners," recalling that in the previous elections the PP lost one seat in Girona and another in Lleida by just a few hundred ballots.
He stressed that Catalonia must not resign itself to the problems it drags, mentioning the situation of the Rodalies network and high-speed rail, as well as the figures of evictions and occupations, among other issues, and called on citizens to "not let anything pass."
Finally, he appealed for unity around change and assured that he will demand the most to respond to a Catalonia that "wants its problems to be addressed and to turn the page on the problems caused by its politicians."