The President of Castile-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Pageshowed his “concern” about the corruption cases which have been “dripping into the PSOE for months”warning that the situation could end up becoming a “cyclone”.
This is what he expressed in an interview with the journalist Carlos Herrera, in his morning show ‘Herrera en Cope’, where he celebrated that, for his personal tranquility, he had “no idea of the ‘Ábalos case ‘”.
“I’m worried because we’ve been seeing information coming in incessantly for months and months.” he said, while warning that all cases of corruption have ended up overthrowing democratic governments.
In this regard, he highlighted that corruption within the government of Mariano Rajoy gave rise to a motion of censure that ended the “popular” executive in 2018, giving birth to the PSOE governments and elevating Pedro Sánchez to the presidency. presidency.
“It does not console me that the bar is the PP, which lost the government because of corruption. This is not the bar by which the PSOE should be measured“, he warned.
Statements that go beyond the words he said a few days ago during a visit to Seville, where he was questioned about the UCO report on the “Koldo case”. A document which reveals that Former minister José Luis Ábalos played “an important and responsible role in the corrupt plot.” From the Andalusian capital, the leader of Castile-La Mancha asked to “let justice work” and indicated that “there will be time to evaluate things”.
Conference of Presidents
On the other hand, Page highlighted the importance of autonomous communities in certain cases that seem urgent in politics. It is for this reason that he announced that this Wednesday will ask the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to immediately convene a Conference of Presidents.
“We have been in the national and regional Parliament for a year now. There is continuous talk of an immigration or housing crisis and the regional presidents have not been summoned during this period. We have a lot to do with some of the problems that arise. discussed,” the president said.
Ciudad Real Airport
Regarding the fact that the Spanish government could transform Ciudad Real airport into an accommodation center for immigrants, he insisted that He knew nothing and learned the news “through the press”.
After warning this Tuesday during the State of the Region Debate in the Cortes of Castile-La Mancha that this project would violate the law, during his intervention in Cope, he criticized the fact that the National Executive Not only did he not warn, but “we tried to hide this idea in Castilla-La Mancha”.
“They did not consult us, quite the contrary.“We learned from the press that on October 1, there was a meeting, at which the Government Delegation was present, where this issue was raised,” he said.
Finally, regarding the information indicating that the company that manages the airport had relations with Víctor de Aldama, one of the leaders of the “Koldo case”, Page recalled that “They also wanted to put defective masks on the board” during the pandemic, a fact that the regional government immediately rejected.
Criminal Records Act
On the other hand, Page described as “aberrant” the approval of the law on criminal records, which will reduce prison sentences for ETA members. “We cannot say with certainty that this is a simple transposition of European regulations,” he criticized.
In addition, he appreciated the vote in favor of the PP, because he did not know that the bill contained an amendment that benefited 40 ETA prisoners, as “a very serious negligence on the part of those who do not read the newspapers of Parliament.”
“This is no way to solve a problem, much less a problem as serious as relations with victims of terrorism,” he said.
