The rejection of Isabel Diaz Ayuso to meet in Moncloa with the President of the Government is “irresponsibility” and a “dereliction of duties.” Sources of the Executive of Pedro Sanchez They transmitted this message hours later from the statement from the Government of the Community of Madrid.
In Moncloa they also highlight that he has refused not only to meet next Friday, as the Government wanted, but that he will not do so on any other date either. “Is the first and only autonomous authority that refuses to participate in a round that is taking place with institutional normality and in which a multitude of issues of vital importance for citizens are being discussed,” the government sources highlight.
The Sánchez Government highlights that above political differences they believe “in the normal functioning of the institutions and the necessary collaboration between all administrations.” “Meeting and dialogue, settling differences in a respectful manner and listening to other people’s opinions, is a basic element of the functioning of our democracy,” they recall.
Government sources focus on the fact that there are “key issues” for Madrid citizens such as housing, access to public services or the quality of infrastructure which are shared powers and “require good dialogue between the central and regional governments.” “It is of no use to the people of Madrid that their government is left out of the dialogue that the Government of Spain maintains with the rest of the autonomous communities,” they indicate.
“Difficult excuses”
In his public statement, Ayuso uses “two excuses that are difficult to fit with reality, and also contradictory each other”, as transmitted from Moncloa. In the first, on the issue of regional financing, the Government remembers that, as shown by the twelve meetings already held with presidents of four different political parties, these meetings do not have a closed agenda. “They are an opportunity to debate and share citizens’ concerns, and seek joint solutions between all administrations,” they say.
Ayuso’s second “excuse” focuses on some “alleged accusations” by Sánchez. “The President of the Government has not defamed anyone, he has only remembered the tax crimes committed by his partner, crimes that that same person has confessed to,” they report in Moncloa.
“By refusing to speak with the President of the Government, the President of the Community of Madrid is harming the citizens of Madrid, whose problems and concerns take a backseat to the only priority on her political agenda. the systematic and permanent confrontation with the Government of the Nation. Curious way to fight against the institutional deterioration that the President says she is worried about,” they conclude.
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