The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has stated that he does not foresee the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, bringing forward the general elections. In his opinion, the head of the Executive maintains the idea of completing the legislature, among other reasons because he considers it essential to adequately manage European funds and because “this is a key year to finish the job”.
Puente has made these statements during his intervention at an informative breakfast held this Monday in Soria, in the midst of the electoral campaign of Castilla y León, an event in which he has been supported by the regional secretary of the PSOE and candidate for the Presidency of the Junta, Carlos Martínez.
In this context, the minister has remarked that the decision on calling general elections is a “personal and non-transferable” competence of the Prime Minister. At the same time, he has highlighted that Sánchez “invokes reasons of state to prolong the legislature until the end of the term.”
The also provincial secretary of the PSOE of Valladolid has delved into this idea pointing out that “in short, there are reasons on the table for, from the point of view of the country's perspective, he concludes the mandate and I believe he is going to do it”, insisting that the date of the polls will not depend on conjunctural calculations. In this sense, he has stressed that the call for general elections “will not occur depending on the conjuncture of a given moment, but for reasons of State”.
To conclude, Puente has indicated that, after almost eight years leading the Government, Sánchez is in a phase in which his priority is the management of the country. As he has explained, the president's will is to remain in charge until the end of the foreseen period and that the elections be held when the end of the legislature was initially set.