This Saturday the popular will give the starting signal for the new political direction. The event will take place, once again, in Pontevedra, in Cercedo-Cotobade, and will once again bring together the national president of the party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, as well as the honorary president, Mariano Rajoy, and the president and regional president of the Galician government, Alfonso Rueda. A year that they face with “enthusiasm”, but above all with the certainty that their formation represents the “stability” of Galicia, in the face of a central government that promotes inequalities between the autonomies, as highlighted this Thursday by the secretary general of the PPdeG, Paula Prado.
Prado began his speech by showing the strength of his party, which has a majority in the Galician Parliament, the European Parliament, the Congress and the Senate; with more than 151 mayors and 1,775 councillors; which works “so that Galicians have the best possible future.” The “only party”, in short, “which ensures the stability and prosperity” of the Community, faced with a “central government that has demonstrated once again that it only has eyes for the communities and parties that submit to its blackmail,” he said.
The national leader will participate in the event, which will once again take place in Pontevedra after the Popular Party reconquered the Provincial Council with Luis López, who for the third consecutive year once again chooses his native Galicia to begin the new journey. Along with him, in addition to Rueda, will also be the honorary president of the party, Mariano Rajoy, as well as other regional leaders and members of the National Steering Committee of the PP. “A meeting that will serve to energize the coming months of Galicia that works, led by Alfonso Rueda, and Spain that works, led by Feijóo”Prado stressed. “From Cercedo-Cotobade we will affirm that Galicia does not want more than any LACC, but it does not deserve less, as Sánchez and his partners want”, who, he continued, generate “absolute inequality” in the country, “breaking with that cohesion that “makes our State strong”.
“He does not forgive the Galicians”
He recalled that “since he became president in 2018, still penalized territorial investment in Galicia”, which, until 2023, has had an average increase in Spain of 31% and only 15% in the Community; or that last year, “public companies, which are the true investment arm of the State”, left 4.2 euros out of 10 euros unexecuted. “Sánchez does not forgive the Galicians that in every election the Socialist Party obtains the worst results in its history, while the PP wins again and again with an absolute majority. As we have said before, more Sánchez means less Galicia. “We do not know how far they are willing to go, but we remain vigilant,” he said.
He then referred to the general state budgets, which, if approved, he criticised, “would be stillborn”. supported by “the Catalan and Basque independence movements, without concessions to others, and in the case of Galicia, because they would have the blank check of the BNG, “once again, deceived with wet paper.” “If they want to do it well,” he recommended “looking at Galicia” and how they do things “here,” where the spending ceiling has already been approved and the Orzamentos are “on their way,” so that they are ready “in a timely manner.”
He also began to assess, in response to questions from the media, the situation of the AP-9, describing it as “surprising.” “Lack of transparency and rigor” of the Government and the Minister of TransportOscar Puente, who first said that the transfer would cost 2 billion, then 4,000 and now 6,000. And regarding the immigration crisis, he assured that the popular parties are “neither with the irresponsibility of the Sánchez government nor with the more intransigent position of the other parties”, and that they simply demand “transparency, planning” and “collaboration with the communities.”
