If Monday in the gardens of the Colegio de la Asunción (seat of the Council) the president of Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernandez Manuecolaid the foundations of his Executive for the new year, this Tuesday he did the same but on the political level and as head of the PP in the Community. It was during the Autonomous Executive Committeeor the training, in which the national coordinator of the party, Elías Bendodo, also participated.
A meeting that served as an opportunity for Mañueco to respond to the national president of Vox, Santiago Abascal– a party with which he shared more than two years of government until its dissolution in July – which served him on a platter by announcing that his formation will not support community budgets if the PP does not change its policy on immigration and gender.
“He made a decision without listening to the proposal which largely stems from the pact that we signed with Vox“, lamented the president, who was quick to denounce that “his veto on the budgets does not correspond to the regional leaders but to the national one.” Mañueco went further by reminding Vox that in the PP “We have not changed our position”. Furthermore, he stated that “we defend the same principles and values as at the beginning of the legislature”, precisely with which the Government’s agreement was obtained and with which the Community budgets for 2023 and 2024.
“Praise and good words”
The latter “only four months ago,” warned Mañueco and, later, in Vox “they celebrated them with praise and good words”The president of the PP in the Community, who reaffirmed to the Spanish government that “Castilla y León will not be currency in partisan markets “It is not for sale either,” stressed the presentation to the regional parliament of a non-legislative proposal “against the economic privileges agreed by Pedro Sánchez with Catalonia” so that the The PSOE “presents itself”while claiming that the socialists “are entangled in their problems.”
At the end of his speech, Mañueco left a message to his people: maintain the tension and reflect on the situation. next regional elections. According to the date, it would be February 2026, but the popular leader seems to want to give clues that there could be a slight advance that, technically, he would not consider as such.
“If Sánchez does not advance, the next appointment will be the regional elections (silence). When is the time,” he said. And since only he knows when that can happen, he sent a clear message to the PP leaders and officials who filled the hall of the party headquarters: “You have to make the game more dynamic, be active.” To this end, he announced “more appointments for the new stage and to improve coordination.” “I want to work in unity and solidity” he concluded.
