The Popular Party criticizes that Sánchez is “hiding behind the autonomous communities again” and believes that the meeting is late
The 17 regional presidents will meet this Wednesday afternoon with the head of the Executive Pedro Sánchez to “analyze the evolution of the pandemic and study shared measures”, the meeting of these characteristics number 19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The call is striking, just two days before the Christmas Eve celebrations, with the Accumulated Incidence of the coronavirus growing exponentially due to the predominance of the omicron variant and with an aroma of ‘deja vu’ to the worst of the health crisis. Everything has returned to lead to a political battle for health competencies bathed in the middle of a salad of disparate measures.
While the Government insists that the situation is not the same as it was a year ago, the Popular Party spokesperson, Cuca Gamarra, described this Tuesday in Congress the meeting of “arrogance and incapacity of Pedro Sánchez.” Since its formation, they continue to insist on the “need to approve a pandemic law” that offers, as they have been defending since 2020, “certainty and legal security to the autonomies in the face of the sixth wave of coronavirus that Spain is facing.” They also criticize that Sánchez is “hiding behind the autonomous communities again.”
Other parliamentary groups, such as Ciudadanos, speak of a “marketing operation” and that the Government is “late” a few days before Christmas. From the PNV, its spokesman Aitor Esteban believes that the measures that could be implemented tomorrow “have not been worked on previously or unanimously.”
From the Executive, the spokesman minister, Isabel Rodríguez, explained at the press conference after the Council of Ministers on Tuesday has limited herself to asking “prudence.” «The meeting aims to be a sharing of proposals between all the communities. It is going to be a good moment to put in value the tools that we have been acquiring throughout the entire pandemic. The moment is different from last year. What is the best thing that has worked in Spain? Vaccination and prevention, and that will be the roadmap “, he added. He has also highlighted that the age population over 70 has 83% of those vaccinated with the third dose, and is the one with the lowest incidence of the virus, according to the daily data provided by the Ministry of Health.
For the moment, Catalonia has anticipated this Wednesday’s conference and also plans to close nightlife and limit social gatherings to a maximum of 10 people. The head of the Catalan Executive, Pere Aragonès, has announced that he will ask the Government to extend the adopted restrictions to the rest of Spain and consequently limit mobility throughout the State. “It is necessary for the other territories to adopt measures,” he said.
Another five autonomies controlled by parties of different political signs such as Galicia, Euskadi, Andalusia, Valencian Community or Castilla-La Mancha, have already requested to extend the generalized use of the mask, also outdoors. The Community of Madrid, on the other hand, is in favor of not agreeing on new restrictions.
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