For the PP, the rejection of the independence movement's concessions is not only because of its content, but also because of the forms, with a photo of a senior leader of the PSOE with "the fugitive" Puigdemont, and the announcement of the agreement with ERC to the amnesty at night, the same day that Princess Leonor swore in the Constitution, so that everything would go unnoticed.
"He goes so far as to use the birthday of the future head of state to cover up an unworthy decision," said the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, this Thursday at an informative breakfast with the president of Extremadura, María Guardiola, organized by the agency. Europa Press, in which the amnesty was the protagonist because, the popular leader highlighted, "perhaps right now it is being registered in Congress."
None of Pedro Sánchez's explanations, neither in his speech to the members of the PSOE federal committee, nor in the letter he addressed to his militants, convince Feijóo, who sees the socialist candidate "drifting against consensus." and with "attacks on the institutions" that in his opinion will take a further step today with the appointment of a lawyer related to the PSOE as general secretary of Congress.
The amnesty law is, for the popular leader, the culmination of a string of obviously unfulfilled promises that began with the commitment that he would not agree with Podemos, and that was substantiated a few days later with the appointment of the leader of that formation , Pablo Iglesias, as vice president. "He said that there were not going to be pardons, and he granted them, he said that he would fight against corruption, and reduced the sentences; he promised judicial independence and took over the attorney general's office; that he would reinforce sedition and suppress it; that he would not make an agreement with Bildu and his photo with the heirs of ETA has whitewashed it; that he would bring Puigdemont to be judged, and now it is time for the amnesty that he said would not occur because it was immoral and unconstitutional."
For Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the acting president continues his drift "after taking the Government to the brink of the constitutional precipice" and he does so "not for the general interest, but for his exclusive personal and electoral interest", because the rule of law and democracy will not benefit, he said.
"With the amnesty law," said Feijóo, "the Supreme Court will become an oppressor; it will weaken the State of the autonomies, increasing the privileges of a few; and it will legitimize the independence discourse, which will be reinforced to once again challenge the state." ".
For all these reasons, Feijóo insisted on his request that the elections be repeated. "I ask Sánchez to be brave and not hide behind the nationalist wild card" and to allow the Spaniards to say at the polls whether they agree with this amnesty in exchange for the investiture, the popular leader stressed. "He does not do it for Spain, he does it against Spain; he is not moved by coexistence, but by convenience," said the president of the PP. "It is a waste of megalomania, and that is why he talks to Spain as if it were his."
