The opposition again attacked the Popular Group this Monday for allegedly “blocking” the commission of inquiry into Xunta’s contracts, with the socialists assuring they were ready to explore other avenues in case the PP “succeeded in diluting the effectiveness of the commission”. All this after last Friday’s approval of the work plan, which came as a shock to minority groups in the House.
The socialists and nationalists considered essential, among others, the appearance of the national leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and part of his entourage, which is why they rejected the possibility of compromise offered by the popular parties to increase the list of candidates. among these apparently are representatives of companies with which, according to the opposition, the Xunta has concluded fraudulent or random contracts. In the absence of agreement, the approved plan was that of the PP. A context in which this Monday the secretary general of the PSdeG, José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, assured that his formation “will explore all avenues” to “guarantee transparency and accountability”, if the people managed to boycott the commission, as they have denounced on several occasions.
Likewise, the nationalist spokesperson, Ana Pontón, once again denounced what her party considers to be an “anti-democratic drift” of the PPdeG, by “refusing to negotiate” the work plan and by “vetoing” the The appearance of Núñez Feijóo. “I am worried that after so many years in the Xunta government, the PP thinks thatDemocratic institutions are your private property“, he criticized when questioned by the media. For her, the absence of the former president of the Galician Executive in the commission is “inexplicable”, refusing to go to the Galician Parliament while in Madrid “she demands transparency and appearance in other institutions” .
“Both those who accuse and those who are defended have rights in a trial,” recalled the nationalist, who regretted that the Bloc “could not” make “a single proposal for appearance, nor a single document he requested has been accepted”. It’s a fraud against democracy and citizenship“said Ponto.
For his part, questioned by the media on this subject, the President of the Executive, Alfonso Rueda, recalled this Monday that “many other appearances” could have been agreed without “the opposition engagement “vote against to be able to say, precisely, that these apparitions did not take place.”
Regarding the absence of Feijóo among the people mentioned in the work plan, he recalled that “it has been more than two and a half years, almost three” that he has been president of the Xunta, affirming that this commission is not For “stand in opposition at the national level in the Parliament of Galicia”nor “do the BNG a favor to the Socialist Party and, incidentally, to Pedro Sánchez”. “In the end, it is the regional president who appears,” he said, emphasizing that just as Feijóo will not be present, neither will the other presidents who have held this position “at the moment when the questions that will be investigated in this matter were being decided.” commission”. Regarding his presence at the commission, he recalled that he was willing to attend from the beginning, and that he will explain the powers and responsibilities of the position, which now fall to him. Of course, once the plan of work closed, he said “hope” that the work begins as soon as possible and that, ultimately, it does not become a “defamation commission”.
