The president of Aragon, the popular Jorge Azcón, harshly attacked the amnesty law this Tuesday, which he considers the “most serious attack on our democracy in history.” From Barcelona, the regional president assured that “terrorists, coup plotters and independence supporters” have already carried out “attempted” attacks against the system before, offensives that “are going to be consummated today” with the approval of a law “that does not fit into the Constitution".
Azcón was in charge of opening the cycle of talks 'Autonomous Presidents' at the Equestrian Circle of the city of Barcelona. After being introduced to the public present by the president of this institution, Enrique Lacalle, the Aragonese was very critical of Pedro Sánchez for “raising a wall” and not governing for all Spaniards. In his opinion, if we add to that factor the fact that “he is going to deceive his partners” and the economic situation of the country, this will be a "short" term.
In his speech, he also criticized the forgiveness of 20% of the debt to Catalonia agreed before the investiture despite the fact that it could also benefit Aragon, since he believes that it is something that should be agreed between all the communities in the Policy Council. Fiscal and Financial. “I don't want us Aragonese to be more than anyone else, but we are not willing to be less either. The idea of some first class communities and others second class scares me, it is the biggest mistake for harmony in the country,” he said.
Mayor of Zaragoza in the previous legislature, Azcón acknowledged that he preferred to have governed alone, but that in the end there was no other way than to agree with Vox. “At the moment, things are working reasonably well,” he said.
The popular also defended the proposal to repeal the Democratic Memory Law presented together with his far-right partners last 20-N and which will be debated in the Aragonese Cortes this week, a point that both parties included in their program. “The law says that things were done wrong and that is a mistake. The transition was exemplary, and the partisan instrumentalization that has been done does not respond to what the people want,” he added, words that aroused applause from those in attendance.
In his first budget, the president highlighted the increase of more than 10% in social spending and a “moderate” tax cut, which includes the deflation of personal income tax or reductions in inheritance, donation or estate taxes.
He also expressed his chest about the arrival of new investments in the community such as those announced by Amazon or Microsoft for their data centers, and stressed the importance of achieving the installation of the Stellantis battery gigafactory, which was not satisfied with the last distribution of Perte funds to electric vehicles. “It is absolutely necessary that the central government, as it already did in Sagunto or Extremadura, help,” he said.
Renewables also focused an important part of the colloquium. Azcón defended its implementation as a “differentiating element” to attract companies, although he recognized the need for it to be done in an orderly manner. Likewise, he set the great challenge for the future in ensuring that the energy produced in the community is consumed there to promote “being the most important technological pole in southern Europe.”
Regarding relations with Catalonia and its president, Pere Aragonés, he assured that he hopes to be able to resolve conflicts with dialogue. “But I don't see him very willing,” he added, in reference to his behavior last October in the Senate, when the Catalan left the building as soon as he finished his speech.
Finally, after the notorious failure of the negotiations for the joint candidacy between both communities for the Winter Olympic Games, Azcón pointed out that I hope both communities are able to reach an agreement.
“It has been a drama for Catalonia, Aragon and for Spain that we have not been able to reach an agreement,” said the Aragonese president, who claimed that his community was the first to want to host this event. “It should be a balanced candidacy, in which we both feel represented and comfortable. If one wants to lead it over the other, we will fail.”
