The opposition is not in the business of making it easier for the president of the Community, Fernando López Miras, to end this tense legislature with the image of a politician of agreements.
At least that emerged from the words of the leaders of the PSOE and United We Can after the speech by the Chief Executive, who offered to sign new pacts on the Mar Menor, infrastructure, youth, gender violence and water. On the other hand, Francisco Álvarez and Juan José Liarte, who retain the marks of Cs and Vox in the Assembly, are full of praise for the president, as much or more than the PP spokesman.
PSOE: “Miras is only capable of agreeing with turncoats”
The deputy general secretary of the PSRM, Carmina Fernández, made it clear that her party does not accept the agreements offered by López Miras. Simply because experience tells them that those who have signed with him (water, poverty, gender-based violence) “later do not comply.” “López Miras is only capable of agreeing with turncoats and deputies who do not have a party,” said the deputy spokesperson.
Regarding the Pact for Infrastructure, which 37 entities have signed, including the UGT unions and Workers’ Commissions, in addition to the Federation of Municipalities (chaired by the socialist mayor of Bullas), Fernández insisted that the PSRM will not join until the Community does not include actions of regional competence. Fernandez affirmed that he “respects” the organizations that have signed what his secretary general, José Vélez, calls the “pact of shame.”
Regarding yesterday’s intervention by the president, he indicated that Miras’s speech “supposes the recognition of a failure in all subjects.” “It is suspended by the toilets, the teachers, the students who suffer from school failure, the firefighters who are at the door of the Assembly demonstrating, those who are on the waiting list for the dependency, the businessmen and residents of the Mar Menor, whose heritage has been diminished.
PP: “We reach out for the interest of the Region”
For Joaquín Segado, spokesman for the Popular Parliamentary Group, López Miras appeared yesterday in the Assembly as a president “with his hand outstretched in search of agreements in defense of the interests of the Region, of all citizens who suffer the permanent punishment of the Government of Pedro Sanchez. Mowing highlighted initiatives announced in the speech such as the Financial Autonomy Law, which he intends to have approved in the Regional Assembly before the end of this year. “It will shield us from the wishes of Pedro Sánchez to harmonize taxes, which is nothing more than a covert tax increase.” Much earlier, the third acceleration law will reach the Chamber, which will be approved in July and “will allow us to continue creating jobs and companies, in an easy, simple way for investors,” in the words of Mowing. The spokesman referred to “the call for help on the Mar Menor”, so that “if the Government of Spain cannot or does not want to act, let the Community do so”.
Podemos: «He has come with the suit of an electoral candidate»
The spokeswoman for Podemos, María Marín, considered that Fernando López Miras “has come dressed as a candidate for the elections” and presented an x-ray of the Region “which has very little to do with the reality that the people of this land live” .
Marín reproached the regional chief executive for bragging about reinforcing Primary Care, “when just a few weeks ago 90% of the coordinators of the health centers in the Region of Murcia denounced their critical situation in a manifesto.” He also regretted that he highlights the measures of the shock plan against the effects of the crisis in Ukraine, “when all sectors complain that they are insufficient.” “We have seen a president without new ideas, who presents us with ten-year plans.”
Álvarez: “His proposals have a liberal accent”
The spokesman for the Liberal Parliamentary Group (ex-Cs), Francisco Álvarez, highlighted “the marked liberal accent” of López Miras’ main announcement: the Financial Autonomy Law. «It will protect us from the interventionism of Pedro Sánchez. We don’t want to raise taxes either, nor do we want anyone to raise them for Murcians without his consent,” he added. The spokesman advanced that in his speech today he will be tough with Pedro Sánchez.
Liarte: «He has been and is a great president of the Region»
The spokesman for the Vox Parliamentary Group, Juan José Liarte, believes that Miras “has been and is a great president of the Region.” He shares the positive points of the Chief Executive’s speech, but also emphasizes some negative aspects, such as public debt. “We’re going to have to contain spending,” he warned. He also praised “the references to ideological neutrality” made by the president.
Cs: «It is completely removed from reality»
The Cs deputy, Juan José Molina, sees López Miras “completely removed from reality” and excusing himself in three external enemies: Sánchez, Putin and the pandemic.
Vox: “The only thing missing was to go in a tracksuit like Maduro”
The regional leader of Vox, José Ángel Antelo, compared Miras to Maduro. «All those who question him are acquisitions of the PP. He has only lacked to go in a tracksuit », he ironized.
Presidential speech between scaffolding and support pillars
Life has returned to the way it was before March 2020 except on public transport, where the mask is still mandatory, and in the Regional Assembly, where it is still not possible to attend public events as important as the Debate on the State of the Region .
In the latter case, the coronavirus is no longer to blame, but the works that are being carried out in a large part of the building, including the chamber in which the plenary sessions were held before the pandemic forced a larger space to be set up for that the deputies could debate with the safety distance. The building on Paseo Alfonso XIII in Cartagena is full of scaffolding and supporting pillars, which led the Parliament to decide not to issue invitations for what, as Juan José Liarte said, will be the last great debate of the legislature.
In any case, the acoustics of the courtyard where the plenary sessions are held is very poor and there is no other way to listen to the interventions than to follow them on television inside a room. For that, some will think, it is better to save the trip to Cartagena, since the price of gasoline is no joke.
Francisco Lucas, socialist spokesman, will intervene today with a few kilos less due to a recent stomach condition
López Miras arrived at the Assembly on time after having been in Madrid last Monday night, where he attended the conference of the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, in a forum organized by the newspaper ‘La Razón’. It was a round trip, with the president arriving in Murcia at dawn. “Normal,” they responded in his office when asked if he had slept little.
The entire government supported him, with the exception of the Minister of Education, Mabel Campuzano, who was absent due to a personal problem. It is striking how the councilors who still do not belong to López Miras’s party, such as Isabel Franco and Valle Miguélez, applaud the president’s interventions, as much or more than the popular deputies. The same can be applied Francisco Álvarez. Juan José Liarte is more restrained in that sense. Pascual Salvador, the only deputy who retains the Vox militant card, is already looking forward to the end of this legislature.
On the socialist side, it is possible that the spokesman, Francisco Lucas, suits him big in his speech today, which is his debut in a major parliamentary appointment. And not because he won’t be up to the task, but because he has lost weight as a result of a stomach condition that kept him out of the game over the weekend.
Francisco Lucas did not appear at the press conference in which the parliamentary group made a first assessment of the speech by the Chief Executive. Carmina Fernández replaced him. In debates from previous years, Diego Conesa did not go to the press conference either and Lucas himself took his place.
On the other hand, yesterday was Pride Day and very proud Antonio José Espín, LGTBI deputy of the PSOE, walked through the halls of the Assembly. His companion at the Chamber Table, Gloria Alarcón, carried a bottle of water with the colors of the rainbow flag.
#PSOE #disdains #offers #pacts