Puigdemont to Sánchez: "You can always present a question of trust and clear up doubts"

The former Catalan president and Junts candidate for the elections on May 12, Carles Puigdemont, has spoken about the letter published this afternoon by the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, who has announced that he is suspending his official agenda for a few days to consider whether he continues at the head of the Government.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
24 April 2024 Wednesday 04:22
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Puigdemont to Sánchez: "You can always present a question of trust and clear up doubts"

The former Catalan president and Junts candidate for the elections on May 12, Carles Puigdemont, has spoken about the letter published this afternoon by the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, who has announced that he is suspending his official agenda for a few days to consider whether he continues at the head of the Government.

In an extensive writing in expected". "In any case, it is an unusual decision for a political leader of his experience," he continued.

The former mayor of Girona has also highlighted the resilience of the PSOE leader, so it does not seem "that he should be too vulnerable to the criticism he receives." "Spanish politics and a lot of the Madrid press is a very wild reality, but whoever gets involved already knows it," he stressed.

However, he has also pointed out that, if it is not a tactical move by Sánchez and really the reason for his decision "it is the campaign of the Spanish right against his presidency using his family" and believes that his leadership "has weakened as consequence of this", can always present "a question of trust" and clear up all the doubts that "this unforeseen movement" has unleashed.

The Junts candidate for the Catalan elections has concluded that "we must be firm in the face of Madrid and its endless crises", because what is really at stake "is the political future of Catalonia, not that of a party or a first party." Minister". "Whoever wants to turn the Catalan elections into a float for the PSOE is very wrong," concluded Carles Puigdemont.