More Madrid stated this Thursday that, if the regulations allow evicting "fathers, mothers, daughters, and grandmothers," then "disobey and the law must be changed," also warning that the measures included in the so-called 'Maricarmen Decree' are "just a beginning."
The spokesperson in the Assembly, Manuela Bergerot, defended this position during her intervention in the control session of the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, in the Plenary of the autonomous Chamber, a day before Congress votes on the ratification of the two royal decrees on housing promoted by the central Government after the eviction of Maricarmen, 87 years old, and the social response that this case has generated.
According to Bergerot, "what is voted on tomorrow in Congress will make real what until just a few days ago everyone, including the PSOE, said was impossible," emphasizing that, if both texts are finally ratified – something that the central Executive does not have guaranteed – evictions in Madrid will be "stopped, rental scams in Madrid will end, and rental extensions in Madrid will be applied."
The leader of More Madrid has anticipated that this Friday the parties will be "portrayed" and has posed a clear choice: "one must choose to be either with the vultures or with the people."
Bergerot emphasized that the housing measures included in the decrees are a direct result of the citizens' camp where "many people have realized the power they have when they come together and have said 'enough is enough'."
"Because if the system allows evicting a woman of 87 years after paying rent her whole life, the system is broken," the spokesperson continued, focusing on the fact that Maricarmen has paid rent for decades. From there, she criticized Ayuso, whom she accused of laughing at the affected person "wondering at what age one can stop paying rent."
At this point, she reproached the president that the "difference" between Ayuso and Maricarmen is that the head of the autonomous Executive tried to "buy herself a luxury penthouse with other people's money" while the tenant "has not stopped paying rent religiously for 70 years."
"You who wanted to see your mother's house from the terrace of your big attic and now you have to see a campout in front of your office at Puerta del Sol. Blessed youth," concluded Bergerot, contrasting the case of the Madrid president with the citizen mobilization for the right to housing.