The general secretary of PSOE Aragón, Pilar Alegría, has reiterated that the Socialist Party is going to the polls on November 29 with the aim of winning to continue raising the quality of life of the people of Zaragoza, the Aragonese, and all Spaniards. "Against artificial intelligence, cuts, and insults from the right, natural intelligence, progress, and arguments from the Socialist Party," she stated.
At the event presenting the socialist candidacy for Congress and the Senate for Zaragoza, held next to the Alma del Ebro space at the Expo, she insisted that in these general elections, two clearly differentiated models of the country are at stake and once again contrasted the political proposals of the left and the right.
Alegría expressed her satisfaction at leading a list made up of men and women who "are going to give their all" for their province, for Aragon, and for Spain. She defended that PSOE is the party that represents ordinary citizens and claimed politics as a useful tool to transform and improve people's lives, especially for those who depend most on public services and policies to continue advancing. "We are going out to win, we are going all in," she emphasized.
In this line, she highlighted the achievements of Pedro Sánchez's government despite having governed in a minority and facing opposition from PP and Vox. She cited, among others, the labor reform, which has allowed surpassing 22.5 million employed people, the increase of the minimum interprofessional wage above 1,200 euros, the extension to 19 weeks of parental leave for birth and care of minors, and the revaluation of pensions, which benefits about 300,000 Aragonese.
The socialist leader warned that all these advances could be threatened in the event of a PP and Vox government, and argued that if the progressive government has been able to promote these measures with a limited parliamentary majority, broader support at the polls would allow for further expanding rights and consolidating social progress. "If we have been able to do all this," she posed, then immediately asked what a new progressive government could achieve with greater support in the Cortes.
On the other hand, Alegría has questioned Alberto Núñez Feijóo's ability to lead the country and has criticized the ignorance that, in her opinion, he displays on key issues of Spain. "If he is unable to withstand a half-hour journalistic interview, how is he going to represent and defend our country at an international summit," she has wondered. In contrast, she has claimed the international leadership of Pedro Sánchez and his ability to defend Spain's interests with its own voice and a position against wars.
For her part, the general secretary of PSOE Zaragoza, Teresa Ladrero, has assured the following: "We are the best team to defend Zaragoza and Aragón because the candidates are women and men with an impeccable track record and a great commitment to PSOE." In addition, she has emphasized that this candidacy represents Zaragoza capital and its rural area and has criticized that the PP-VOX Government in Aragón "causes imbalances."
She has stressed that "only the action of the Socialist Parliamentary Group, with Pilar Alegría at the helm, is capable of standing up and defending the rights of our citizens," she concluded.
The socialist candidates for Zaragoza
The head of the list for the province of Zaragoza for the Congress of Deputies, Fernando Beltrán, has conveyed that he faces with enthusiasm the challenge of renewing a progressive Government that protects advances and puts people at the center, an Executive that is driven by the strength of the citizenship. "We are going to count high and clear how well Pedro Sánchez's governments have suited Aragón and the province of Zaragoza. The results are overwhelming both in economic growth and in the social umbrella that has not left anyone behind."
Beltrán has emphasized that the province has received from Pedro Sánchez's Government and from European funds a historic million-dollar investment, aimed at strategic projects such as the Stellantis gigafactory or the improvement of communications, but that has also reached the day-to-day of the municipalities to lower the electricity bill or modernize the air conditioning of schools. "All this with more scholarships, more places for 0 to 3 years, an increase in pensions, and a sustained growth of quality employment," he added.
"Let's put aside the noise, we have arguments and facts more than solid to convince that it is worth supporting the PSOE and achieving a Government of Spain led by Pedro Sánchez that continues with these policies that have suited Aragón so well," he asserted.
In the same line, the number one of the PSOE for the Senate from Zaragoza, Miguel Dalmau, has emphasized the need to obtain a sufficient majority in the upcoming general elections "to continue advancing in the model of country that we want to keep building." In his opinion, the only proposal from the PP is "to repeal sanchismo and bring Vox into the Government to roll back scholarships, not to raise the SMI or to meddle with pensions."
He has also questioned the intention of the popular party "to open unnecessary debates about already consolidated rights" because they feel "uncomfortable talking about feminism or gender violence."