Ayuso: "Sánchez's management is disastrous because the crisis is not only energy and does not come from Europe"

The announcement of the reduction in VAT on gas made by Pedro Sánchez this morning has not disrupted the plans of Isabel Día Ayuso, who had already prepared a radio interview in advance in which, despite celebrating the movement of the Prime Minister, she has branded his disastrous management by pointing out that the crisis that the Spaniards are suffering is not only energy: "We talk about the energy crisis so that later Mr.

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Thomas Osborne
01 September 2022 Thursday 02:32
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Ayuso: "Sánchez's management is disastrous because the crisis is not only energy and does not come from Europe"

The announcement of the reduction in VAT on gas made by Pedro Sánchez this morning has not disrupted the plans of Isabel Día Ayuso, who had already prepared a radio interview in advance in which, despite celebrating the movement of the Prime Minister, she has branded his disastrous management by pointing out that the crisis that the Spaniards are suffering is not only energy: "We talk about the energy crisis so that later Mr. Sánchez says that it is imposed by Europe and, therefore, that he is innocent and has tried everything, but this crisis is accompanied by many others.

During her participation in Más de uno, on Onda Cero, the president of the Community of Madrid recalled that "inflation has been skyrocketing for almost two years, that companies and freelancers can't take it anymore, that a lot of taxes are paid, there is bureaucracy excessive". A cocktail that, in her opinion, the only thing she does is "increase prices and make life difficult for citizens."

That is why the Madrid leader has celebrated for the first time a measure announced by Sánchez, such as the reduction of VAT on gas, although, with this, "the Prime Minister wants to endorse a proposal that the PP has been asking for for a long time." "Hopefully it will be implemented as soon as possible and extended to many more things because, with more rigidity and more taxes, everything increases more.

However, Ayuso has refused to put a cap on the price of gas in the wholesale markets because, in his opinion, what he has done is increase prices and has advocated treating "citizens as adults" and asking them to save and reduce consumption , for example, with reductions but not with "authoritarianism".

While Feijóo has defended that the "Iberian exception" would be "reasonable" if it were for the European Union as a whole, the Madrid president has insisted on "alternative" reforms because the cap on gas has only caused, in her opinion, increase consumption according to what "many experts" say.

Ayuso has also charged against the Government's penitentiary policy, of which the imminent transfer of 13 ETA members to Euskadi prisons was known yesterday, making it ugly that the President of the Government "negotiates and messes around with all Spanish politics and with everything that goes suiting his interest, even if he has to agree with the devil himself and with professional haters from Spain, such as the independentistas".

"To date there is nothing that is going better in Spain with Sánchez, quite the opposite. It is a government that has lived on feelings and all these years, when things come up and they already have to take sensible measures to manage really problems, it's totally out of control.

Ayuso has also detailed that the informal meeting he held last night with the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, in a restaurant in Madrid lasted for about three hours in which, among others, they took stock of the events he will face the party in the coming months and they talked about people and teams, -some of which they share-, ahead of the municipal and regional elections in May.

As president of the PP in Madrid after holding the long-awaited regional congress in June that Pablo Casado postponed on several occasions, Ayuso finally has the power to shape the electoral lists to her liking, although she has recognized Feijóo's experience as invaluable in front of the party in Galicia when choosing the best candidates, "who are not always the best leaders".

The abortion law prepared by the PSOE-United We Can coalition government, which yesterday returned to the Council of Ministers to complete the first phase of its processing before going to Parliament, has also slipped into the interview.

Ayuso has defended the "free abortion" of women, even in cases in which she is under 18 years of age and her decision is not supported by her parents - an assumption that is included in the law for 16-year-old women -, but he has stressed that it is necessary to avoid reaching that situation by promoting the use of contraceptive methods and educating young people: "more education and awareness is needed everywhere, he has pointed out".