The former president Jose Maria Aznar warned Thursday that “Spain is experiencing, for the first time, shameless radical populism.” He did this in the conversation he shared with the director of OKDIARIO, Edward Indaduring the OKBALEARES third anniversary gala celebration.
“They decide what can be published and what can be published. They decide what is true and what is not. They decide who can report an incident and who cannot. They decide what is a crime and what is not. This is what we live in. And what is it called? Well, it’s called radical and unabashed populism. “It’s the institutionalization of lies,” Aznar explained.
“That is to say, you don’t often come out of your astonishment. That is to say: “Hey, look, a person comes to speak on behalf of the government, you say that it’s a table”, so that later a person comes out after the Council of Ministers and tells you “no, you’re fake, it’s not It’s a table. What did you think? You’re not a progressive, I’m telling you it’s not a table.’ to the laughter of the audience.
Aznar also mentioned the Txapote Reform underlining the responsibility of the Government: “The rule would have been the same. That is to say, the fact that there is an error is always objectionable. But it is of course much worse to make this proposition. Approve this rule without explaining it. Without public opinion knowing it, without there being a serious parliamentary debate on this subject, without explaining what was going to happen. This has a responsibility that falls on the Government, it has no responsibility, which is an infinitely greater responsibility than another responsibility such as having made a mistake during a vote. “We’re going to put the emphasis where it needs to be, because that’s really what’s serious.”
The sentence of Miguel Ángel Blanco
“The murderers who you say are going to get out of prison are there because this standard is approved and would have been if they were not mistaken. But I want to remember one thing from Miguel Ángel Blanco, because I lived it. I spoke, I had to call Miguel Ángel Blanco’s parents to tell them not only what had happened to his sister, but also to tell them that the government would not accept any blackmail. Miguel Ángel Blanco’s sentence had already been pronounced. What the terrorists wanted had already been decided. What the terrorists wanted was to humiliate the State, humiliate the Spanish nation in a negotiation and then end up with the assassination of Miguel Ángel Blanco,” he explained.
Aznar made it clear that you should never make deals with murderers. “I will never do this blackmail which consists of making deals with blackmailers, making deals with murderers. You cannot make an agreement with those who defended terrorism, with those who practiced terrorism, with the leaders of terrorism. They cannot be laundered. We cannot give them reason and we cannot attribute to them any responsibility or authority. Whoever does it will end badly. And that’s what I have to say about it, because it doesn’t just affect the victims. Not only does this affect the political stability of Spain, but it also affects the moral fiber that we Spaniards must have,” Aznar said.
