The PP applauded King Felipe VI's speech because he gave "a speech typical of the head of state, but the same did not happen with the intervention of the president of Congress, Francina Armengol, considering that it had been "partisan", "sectarian" and "unpresentable in his words."
After the solemn opening session by the King, various PP leaders explained why they had not applauded Armengol. The first was the president of the PP, who stressed that although he does not like having to make this series of decisions, "we would do it again", because it was "a regrettable speech.
Feijóo assures that he was forced to make this decision, because when Armengol "is not president of all the deputies and senators, and behaves like president of a party, the PP cannot applaud her." The PP leader assured that the PP will be respected, "but applauding this provocation seems inappropriate." For Feijóo it is "the worst speech by a Prime Minister that I have ever seen."
In the PP they explain the reasons for this anger. Firstly, that Armengol has only named, in his speech, laws proposed by the PSOE, and secondly, that he has defended the agreements that Sánchez has reached with the independentists, something that in the opinion of the opulars does not correspond to them. .
For the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, it has appropriated the laws that have been approved in Congress, "and that have been generated among others, and in all legislatures." The president of Congress, in the opinion of the number two of the PP, "must represent all groups, and speak on behalf of everyone", and "exclude everything that has not been promoted by the PSOE, it is sectarian, exclusive" , which is why he considers that Francina Armengol, in her speech, "has followed Pedro Sánchez's mandate to build walls."
For his part, Borja Sémper, already confirmed as PP Spokesperson, the position he assumed for the elections, Armengol, "has gone outside his institutional framework", in which he has "the obligation to represent all deputies and senators" , but when "one travels through political territory, one goes beyond one's function." Sémper assures that he would like things to be different, "but we are not comfortable, because the president of Congress has stepped out of her role and is breaking down the legal system in Spain", something that the PP, he assures, wants to maintain despite everything. , It is unfortunately
Understanding, dialogue, and King the speech that corresponds to the head of state and function, and there is no doubt that it will continue to be this way, although the PP will try to maintain a "respectful confrontation."
For his part, the president of Vox, Santiag Abascal, assured that his deputies and senators have not applauded the speech of the president of Congress, "because we applaud the rallies of our party, not those of others."
