False alarm in the Cortes of Aragon. After several weeks of some tension between the two parties of the regional Executive over the immigration issue, the Popular Party and Vox have wanted to settle any crisis by projecting an image of unity.
“If there is one thing we can diagnose about the evolution of the government pact, it is that it is in excellent health,” said the second vice president and popular leader, Mar Vaquero, after the meeting of the monitoring commission of the governance pact signed between the two last year. month of August.
In this sense, the Minister of Economy also highlighted that the “main” objective of the two parties is to provide “political stability” to Aragon.
The commission was held after last week the national president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, requested this meeting upon learning that the Executive led by the popular Jorge Azcón had admitted to hosting several migrant minors from the Canary Islands. “Not one more,” the ultra leader then demanded.
At that time, Azcón wanted to distance himself from his government partner by ensuring that not only was he going to continue complying with the law, but that this is a responsibility of the PP and not of Vox. “The solidarity of all the autonomous communities is unquestionable, and so is compliance with the law,” said the regional president.
But despite these “discrepancies”, as both describe them, they soon ruled out being on the verge of a government crisis, something they certified after this Wednesday’s meeting. “The (government) pact is being fulfilled,” said Vaquero.
On the immigration issue, the popular one pointed out that both agree on the importance of there being “orderly immigration” that respects their agreement, which talks about avoiding illegal immigration or organizations that traffic in human beings. “No one wants that,” she added.
For his part, the first vice president and member of Vox, Alejandro Nolasco, highlighted after the meeting that “there are no major discrepancies nor is the government in trouble, as some say,” despite the fact that it was his party that requested the meeting alleging that it was breaching the government pact on immigration matters.
On this issue, he wanted to emphasize that his party has “no problem” with legal immigration, which he described as “active,” but that the problem is with illegal immigration. “The Government of Aragon will not promote, encourage or encourage the arrival of any illegal minor to Aragon,” he added.
To date, the immigration issue has been the one that has caused the greatest tension between two partners who formed a government just over six months ago. During this time, they have carried out measures already agreed upon between both, such as certain tax reductions or the recent repeal of the democratic memory law. Meanwhile, the list of disagreements includes discrepancies regarding the reintroduction of the lynx into the community or the transfer of the Ebro.
