The former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemonturged the PSOE on Wednesday to “digest” the fact that it is governing in a minority and warned that “blackmail does not work with Junts.” In a message on the social network Pedro Sanchez to Junts for having unexpectedly overturned, together with PP and Vox, Sumar’s proposal to regulate seasonal rental and room contracts.
According to Puigdemont, “the Spanish government should not dedicate itself to telling a parliamentary group that is not its own what to do or how to feel, but rather must fulfill its commitments and govern“It’s the other way around: it’s the parliamentary groups that control the Government, those who ask it for explanations and those who have the right to use their votes to exercise this function in the most effective way,” he added.
Puigdemont admitted that it is “tedious” to govern in a minority, but the Sánchez government “must not forget that does not have an absolute majority”, neither in Spain, nor in Catalonia, nor in Barcelona“. “When you have digested that a minority government cannot act as if it had an absolute majority, we will all win. Because that will mean that imposition will be replaced by negotiation, and that will not confuse the will to negotiate and reach agreements with a vocation as a mat where one can dry one’s shoes before entering the house,” he stressed.
In an evening allusion to ERC support for PSOE government In the last legislatures, he warned the socialists: “Maybe they are not used to it, but with Junts, neither ideological blackmail nor funnels to make us swallow toads work.” “Losing the respect of those who have the votes you need and not working hard to convince them in every vote is the most direct path to failure,” he warned. The former president insisted that, if the Government does not negotiate a decree, a law or an appointmentJunts’ vote “cannot be taken for granted”.
