The local government of Toledo, through its spokesperson Juan Jose Alcalde, showed his support for the city councilor and national deputy of Toledo, José Manuel Velascoone of the three PP speakers who participated in the presentation of the bill which includes an amendment that benefits more than 40 ETA detainees and which was unanimously approved. The mayor, the only member of the PP of Toledo who spoke on this subject, declared that Velasco, as councilor for tourism, housing and relations with the UCLM, “doeswow, good job and this should absolutely not affect anything you can do in your other political life or in your family and professional life.
On this subject, the spokesperson for Toledo City Hall declared that “it is the central government that put this law on the table with hidden lies” and declared that “it is a victory for Bildu and the terrorists, and all of Spain knows it.” he.” ; “There is only deception and lies on the part of a government, that of Pedro Sánchez, which has only deceived the Spanish people to stay in power.”
Velasco, like the other two popular speakers, Ana Belén Vazquez and Rafael Belmonteis “very affected”, according to PP sources, and has made his position available to his party, which has not taken action in this regard. The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, sang “mea culpa” and described what happened as an “unjustifiable error”, while specifying that “there is a moral abyss between an error in a parliamentary procedure and the deliberate desire to “release prisoners convicted of ETA murders from prison to keep Sánchez in government.” Furthermore, the national leadership of the PP and the Popular Group do not plan to take measures with the deputies of their party who have not detected the consequences of the law on the European exchange of criminal records which can benefit detainees of ETA, because they understand that it is a “collective” responsibility and they are not going to “target anyone in particular”, as “popular” sources have indicated.
On this subject, the spokesperson for the Government of Castile-La Mancha, Esther Padillaurged Pedro Sánchez’s government on Wednesday to explain “with more precision” why the reform that validates the sentences of ETA members was carried out and “if it is really necessary”. And asked about the fact that the Toledo native Jdaring Manuel Velasco Being one of the speakers, Padilla did not want to enter into the decisions that the parties must make internally. “They will see who should resign and whether they should resign,” he said.
