"I understand politics from the respect to the adversaries and the dedication to the companions"

"I understand politics from the respect to the adversaries and the dedication to the companions"


Pablo Casado has said goodbye to Congress. In the midst of the PP battle and forced to convene an extraordinary congress, the still leader of the party took advantage of his 'face to face' with Pedro Sánchez to ask him that "the Government put itself at the service of the general interest". "I understand politics from the defense of the noblest principles and values, from respect for opponents and dedication to colleagues, all to serve Spain and the cause of freedom. This is the future of our children and that we must build all together", said the president of the PP, who has not formulated a question as such and has been applauded for several minutes by his bench, most of whom have abandoned him in recent days. After hearing Sánchez's response, Casado has left the hemicycle together with the three faithful leaders that remain.

Casado agrees to an extraordinary congress of the PP and García Egea presents his resignation

Casado agrees to an extraordinary congress of the PP and García Egea presents his resignation

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"Today I reiterate what I said in his investiture debate: our responsibility is to widen the space of centrality so that both the PP and the PSOE could win in it without the need for pacts with those who do not believe in Spain or alliances with those who attacked him. ", Casado has said at a time when the extreme right competes strongly with his party. And to vindicate the PP he has dedicated part of his speech: "That has always been the trajectory of my party in which four of the seven 'fathers' of the Constitution, the political family that founded the European Union, the home of so many victims, were active of terrorism who gave their lives for freedom and the engine that has created millions of jobs to sustain well-being".

"In these difficult times, at the end of a terrible pandemic and at the beginning of an international crisis, our duty is to restore tranquility to our elders, hope to our families and illusion to our young people. I hope that the Government will service of the general interest with respect to the institutions, to national unity and to the equality of all Spaniards. It is to them that we owe ourselves; to no one else", he concluded.

Casado had entered the hemicycle accompanied by the PP spokeswoman, Cuca Gamarra, and the few remaining faithful in the party leadership: the deputy secretary of Organization, Ana Beltrán, and the deputy secretary of Communication, Pablo Montesinos, and the person in charge of territorial policy, Antonio González Terol. With a forced smile that covered the mask, the leader of the PP has limited himself to saying "good morning" and has not wanted to answer the journalists' question about whether he will appear at the extraordinary Congress that he has been forced to convene due to the loss of support, especially from the barons, after his confrontation with Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

Sánchez: "I personally wish him the best"

Sánchez has said goodbye to Casado: "From the difference and the political discrepancy that has manifested itself in many control sessions, I personally wish him the best." But the president has taken the opportunity to reproach the still leader of the opposition for his attitude during this legislature. "In these two years the opposition has installed itself in constant disqualification, denying even an essential democratic principle: denying the legitimacy and existence of this Government emanating from the popular will and legitimate representation in the Cortes," he told him.

As well has insisted that he will not call the elections taking advantage of the crisis that the PP is going through. "We know what our responsibility is. Spain needs stability and economic recovery and this Government is going to provide stability and economic recovery. I announce to you that the Government is not going to advance the general elections nor is it going to dissolve the Cortes Generales in advance. We are not going to to do," he reiterated.

"As much as you have insisted on the contrary, this is a Government with a sense of State that is going to put general interests before any other type of interest", he defended before recalling that all the parties present in Congress "legitimately They will compete in the elections. "I already tell you that we will compete based on our merits and not based on the weaknesses of our opponents. This is how we interpret democratic patriotism," he also stated to applause from his supporters.

The leader of Ciudadanos, Inés Arrimadas, has also used the beginning of her intervention in the Plenary to refer to the crisis of the main opposition party: "I want to wish the best personally to Casado and much success to the next leadership of the PP It's a very important match for our country.



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