The president of Partido Popular, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has warned this Tuesday to trade union organizations that "many workers" could end up receiving the "biggest and deepest historical mistake" that, in his view, they have made by calling the general strike of November 11.
"We’ll see what happens; perhaps starting tomorrow there will be many workers who realize that maybe the unions have committed the biggest and deepest historical error since we have democracy in our country," Feijóo said during an interview on the program 'Horizonte' on 'Cuatro', as reported by Europa Press.
The PP leader stressed that employees in Spain "have a constitutional right to strike" and that union headquarters "represent workers," but he pointed out that "there is no precedent for calling a strike against the opposition parties."
"After eight years of a Government that has managed to achieve the biggest cases of corruption, that has managed the largest increase in taxes on the working class, and that has managed, nothing more and nothing less, just in case anyone is interested in housing, 297,000 evictions during the eight years of its term," he criticized.
Along these lines, he indicated that he would "like to have social interlocutors who had social standing" and "to have employer organizations and unions with which to reach an agreement." "For that it’s very important that people respect you," he emphasized.
"I have a word; I’m not Sánchez"
When asked about reports in which former ministerial adviser Koldo García claims that he has reached an agreement with the PP’s lawyer, up to now, on the payment of his defenses and one million euros in exchange for data to "overthrow" Pedro Sánchez, the 'popular' leader replied that although he understands that "the Government has to look for some subterfuge," he would "like it not to fall short in terms of the intelligence of the Spanish people."
"I refer to the facts. First, the Partido Popular, which exercised coordination of the Popular Constitution, asked for 30 years in prison for Mr. Koldo, more than the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office and more than the final ruling, which I believe was 19 years. Therefore, let it be said that if we were trying to reach an agreement with I don’t know who, when we are absolutely firm in the request for a sentence, it is disarmed," he argued.
Feijóo has insisted that, in the four years he has been in charge of the PP, "there is no one who has spoken with authorization" from the party "to offer an euro." "I give you my word of honor and I can assure you that I have a word; I'm not Sánchez," he emphasized.
"To say that Mr. Koldo is a person of standing, that he does not lie, and that the Government considers him reliable, when what Sánchez has said is that he was disappointed with him and that he almost didn't know him despite the fact that he was the custodian of his endorsements... In short, I don't have much desire to waste time; that's defamation," he said.
Consequently, he asserted that he will come to defend the "honor" of his party, "not like Mr. Sánchez who still hasn't filed a complaint against Ms. Leire." "But I repeat, there is a substantial difference between Mr. Sánchez and me," he concluded.