"You have to have little shame and no sense of state to say that you are negotiating in the name of Spain. No. You are negotiating in the name of Mr. Sánchez. You have to have little shame to say that you are doing it for Spain. What is done is done against Spain and against the majority of Spaniards". It was Alberto Núñez Feijóo's response to Pedro Sánchez, who yesterday defended the amnesty before the Federal Committee of the PSOE, arguing that he does so for the good of Spain: "In the name of Spain, in the interest of Spain, in defense of coexistence between Spaniards, today I defend the amnesty in Catalonia," said the socialist candidate.
A day later, Feijóo responds to him on the street and tells him that if he is so sure that it is for the benefit of all Spaniards, he should let them speak out and allow him to go to the polls on January 14. The popular leader is sure that if this happens, the contrary position of the Spanish people against the amnesty "will be overwhelming." But he was also convinced that the Spanish will be able to speak out, "on January 14, or soon."
It was an event planned in advance, before the PSOE federal committee was convened, similar to those already organized in Santiago de Compostela, Madrid, Toledo, and like the one that will take place on Saturday in Valencia. In Malaga, in a crowded Plaza de la Constitución, like the surrounding streets, with the presence of some 20,000 attendees, according to PP sources, in an event presided over by two huge flags, of Spain and Andalusia, the president of the PP responded to Sánchez and his defense, on Saturday, before the federal committee of the PSOE, of the amnesty, for the first time in public.
"Between being president or having the support of the Spanish people, I am left with the support of the Spanish people," said Feijóo, determined that his message reach the citizens: "This is not about parties or origins, this is about principles." . Principles that emphasize that "no one is more than anyone else in constitutional and democratic Spain, no matter how president one wants to be, and no matter how decisive a handful of votes in Congress are."
Because if the president of the PP wanted to make something clear yesterday, it is that "Sánchez lied", and this is neither good for Catalonia, nor for Spain, but is only good for "Sánchez and the independentistas." Therefore, he considers that he has a mission: "The more they try to deceive us, the more truths they will have to hear." Among them, "democratic setbacks are not progressive," and the amnesty, for the PP, is a democratic setback, because it means that "it is not required to apologize to those who broke the law, but those of us who comply with it have to ask for forgiveness." ". That's why he says it firmly: "We are not going to apologize for following the law. It is not democratic."
Núñez Feijóo tried to dismantle Sánchez's speech before the federal committee of the PSOE, ensuring that the amnesty "does not pursue reconciliation, but that the amnesty usually arises from reconciliation", as happened in 1977. But he also considers that "there is no reconciliation if those who broke the law continue to say they will do it again. That is why he concludes that "there is only one reconciliation", that of "Mr. Sánchez and La Moncloa."
Nor, says Feijóo, is the amnesty negotiated in the name of Spain, "but in the exclusive name of Pedro Sánchez", despite the fact that the socialist candidate said: "In the name of Spain, in the interest of Spain, in defense of coexistence between Spaniards, today I defend the amnesty in Catalonia ". How is it also false, he said, that the socialist candidate "makes necessity a virtue", because he makes a virtue "of the need of only one, Mr. Sánchez" and makes "his need a problem for all Spaniards" .
Likewise, he does not see "bravery" in Sánchez, submitting the amnesty vote "to those you have appointed", when "standing up" depends on continuing to have your position", nor is it brave, Feijóo believes, to submit him to the vote only of the PSOE militants, when the Spaniards voted when the PSOE said no to the amnesty. That is why he asks that all Spaniards be called to the polls "because we Spaniards are not willing to humiliate the Judiciary and to the head of state, and we are not willing to change the democratic regime for one in which a political elite are those who have the rights and the rest of the citizens only have duties.
The president of the PP, at this crossroads, appeals to the socialist leaders, and although without citing him, he expressly referred to Emiliano García Page. "They are wrong if they remain silent, because the silent majority is no longer silent in Spain." That is why he addressed "the few who pretend to raise their voices without doing anything," and warns them "they will be accomplices."
In these appeals, the PP looks at Castilla-La Mancha, where the PSOE governs, but also at Andalusia. "If the PSOE has given up defending Andalusia, the Andalusians have the Andalusian PP and its president, Juanma Moreno, who defend the Andalusians and Andalusia."
Juanma Moreno was more explicit and asked out loud "Where is Andalusian socialism, which has been hegemonic in this land and has defended the interests of Andalusia?" She asked them what they felt "when they saw their representatives in the federal committee - in reference to the leader of the Andalusian PSOE, Juan Espadas - stand up and applaud that they were going to give in on the amnesty." He, he said, was ashamed that they are not able to raise their voices for the benefit of Andalusia and Spain. The Andalusian president refers to that PSOE that connected with Andalusia and restored the pride of the Andalusians in being from their land, and that the positions of the PSOE may end up causing them to distance themselves from the Andalusians. Perhaps for this reason, the rally ended up singing the anthem of Andalusia and playing that of Spain.
Juanma Moreno, who recalled that she was born in Barcelona, and the family, cultural and economic ties that exist between Andalusia and Catalonia, proclaimed that Andalusia will be "the containment dam for the drift of Mr. Sánchez, who intends to break equality between Spaniards, the constitutional framework and the statutory framework".
Moreno said he felt "shame and sadness to see that the independentists, who tried to carry out a coup against the Constitution and the Statute of Catalonia" are now amnestied, destroying "the effort" of police who sought evidence, of judges who judged. with all the guarantees of a rule of law", and that "a candidate for president, for a chair, brings the rule of law to its knees"
