The general secretary of the Popular Party, Miguel Tellado, has reiterated that his party supports the regulation of pressure groups or 'lobbies', although he has questioned "the rush" of the Executive to push forward the decree law that orders their activity. In addition, he has warned that the PP is not willing to grant "carte blanche" to the Government to "bypass" parliamentary processing.
"The PP is indeed in favor of regulating lobbies, but it will not give carte blanche to the Government to bypass Parliament recklessly," Tellado wrote in a message on 'X', reported by Europa Press, in response to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. The head of the Executive had criticized the PP and Vox for blocking the regulation of 'lobbies' in Congress and had accused them of not wanting "us to know who their masters are."
The 'popular' leader has reproached the Government for having pushed this decree with "haste," reminding that "they have had five years to make a proper law." "Why? Does (José Luis Rodríguez) Zapatero the jeweler and his dark judicial future have anything to do with it? They will know," he pointed out.
Tellado closed his message emphasizing that, in democracy, "the forms matter and the parliamentary process does too."
The Government's decree law to regulate the activity of 'lobbies' was repealed this Wednesday in Congress thanks to the votes against from PP, Vox, Junts, and UPN. The text had also received objections from the minority partner of the Executive and other parliamentary allies, who questioned, above all, that unions and business organizations were considered interest groups.
The norm had the support of PSOE, Sumar, ERC, and Bildu, but was defeated against the 179 opposing votes from PP, Vox, Junts, and UPN, in addition to the abstention of PNV and Podemos. Sumar had planned to oppose, but at the last minute changed its position and ended up supporting PSOE, despite its deputy spokesperson, Aina Vidal, having already cast a 'No' vote electronically.