Members of the Partido Popular have lashed out this Wednesday against the "lies" that, in their opinion, the PSOE is spreading about Alberto Núñez Feijóo regarding pensions, and they have reiterated that, if they reach the Palacio de la Moncloa, their commitment is to update these benefits according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
With these statements, the popular party has responded to the criticisms launched by PSOE leaders and several ministers, who accuse Feijóo's PP of wanting to "privatize" the public pension system and of demanding "sacrifices" from retirees in the event of forming a government after the general elections on November 29.
The socialists have reinforced their reproaches following some words from the spokesperson for the Popular Group in Congress, Ester Muñoz, who this Tuesday warned that the system "is going to collapse," which raises the need to "be brave when making decisions" and maintains that "the current model needs to be changed." In that same critical line, the secretary of Equality of the PSOE, Pilar Bernabé, has assured that "the chainsaw is already heard and it sounds close to pensions."
Feijóo defends the public system and the revaluation with the CPI
This Tuesday, Feijóo himself promised that he will revalue pensions according to the CPI if he reaches La Moncloa and "under no circumstances" will he question the public pension system. In addition, he committed to "guaranteeing" the future of retirement payments for young people.
The deputy secretary of Finance of the PP, Juan Bravo, has defended that the PP "has always voted in favor of raising pensions." "In fact, the one who voted in favor of freezing pensions was the PSOE in 2010," he pointed out in a video shared on his 'X' social media account.
Bravo has denounced the "traps" that, according to him, the PSOE commits when it "mixes" in the same decree the increases in pensions with initiatives to "protect squatters." "If the Government puts everything in one decree, you have to vote 'yes' or 'no' and that is the trap of the Government," he emphasized.
In that same message, the popular leader insisted that the PP "has always asked to vote separately on the increase in pensions." "And when they have done so, we have voted in favor," he stressed, calling on citizens not to believe "the lies" that, according to him, the Executive spreads.
In similar terms, the Deputy Secretary of Autonomous and Municipal Policy of the PP, Elías Bendodo, has stated that his party will preserve the public pension system and will update benefits according to the CPI.
"The PP is firmly committed to the public pension system and its annual revaluation according to the CPI," Bendodo emphasized in Teruel, when questioned by journalists about this debate following Muñoz's statements regarding possible changes to the pension model.