The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezconsiders that the effects of DANA have increased “to colossal limits” the need to approve the general state budgets for 2025.
Sánchez appeared at Moncloa to explain the first aid program for those affected by the disaster, he avoided discussing or being mistaken about the response to the tragedy and he materialized how much the political scenario has changed .
The president assured that DANA needed supporting accounts to deal with the effects of the tragedy and, for this reason, he requested the majority support of Parliament.
A little over a week ago, the Government negotiated these budgets with its parliamentary partners with many doubts about their viability. They testify to the survival of the Sánchez government and are now presented by the president as necessary to help those affected and, according to Moncloa, They can hardly be rejected by other parties. Extending the 2023 accounts would not make it possible to deal with the effects of DANA.
“We will need new budgets. If there were reasons to approve them, it is obvious that this responsibility is multiplied to colossal limits. We must propose a new budgetary framework and for this we will ask for the support of the majority,” said Sánchez.
Concerning the management of the disaster, he recognized “the citizen frustration” that he noted during his visit on Sunday to the affected area, but he preferred to announce a repair, recovery and prevention plan, ensuring that this This is not the time to feel guilty. responsibilities or analysis of what is not working.
Of course, Sánchez defended his decision not to decree a state of national emergency and to let him be president of the Valencian Autonomous Community, Carlos Mazonwho retained management control.
He dropped the disagreement on this issue between the leader of the PP, Alberto Nuñez Feijóo, which asks the central government to manage and Mazon who prefers to be in control.
As he said, the idea is that of co-governance, with three principles that he repeated: “effectiveness, institutional respect and accountability”.
“There is not a minute to lose in these situations and replacing the autonomous administration would amount to reducing the effectiveness of the action of the public authorities and the Government was ready to provide an adequate response to the challenge,” he said. -he assured.
“Let each administration assume its responsibilities,” he added to justify his decision.
Regarding the incidents of Sunday in the presence of the Reyes, Sánchez assured that “if we look at the images, we see differences between those who legitimately express their anger because of their frustration and what they experience from the action of perfectly organized ultra groups and who will do as much damage as possible. I’m fine and they’re not going to turn me away.
The President of the Government has repeatedly repeated that ““Political unity is the key”although he has not yet contacted the opposition leader directly, Alberto Nuñez Feijóo.
