This Sunday the new installment of Salvados, the interview program presented by Gonzo for La Sexta, was attended by Emiliano García-Page, the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page. A talk marked by his attacks on Pedro Sánchez, his opinion on the amnesty and his meeting and disagreements with some citizens.
However, it was the issue of the agreement with the Catalan independentists that to some extent set the tone of the program. In fact, he made it clear, among other things, that “the concession feeds the right”, that the President of the Government has not yet received it, despite the request for a meeting two months ago, and that the changes of opinion “of one day to the next” is not entirely honest.
García-Page is one of the socialist politicians most critical of Pedro Sánchez. However, he does not consider that he should ask the President of the Government for forgiveness for this, nor the other way around. In fact, during this installment there were several headlines worth highlighting. The first occurred due to the interruption of a Catalan independence tourist.
Here the president of Castilla-La Mancha assured that “for the PSOE, making the amnesty fit is a toll. The amnesty is made because Puigdemont wants it, not for any other reason.” In this regard, he also made his opinion clear on the matter: amnesty or elections.
Regarding a new call for elections, García-Page “was not afraid of it,” he said clearly. Of course, “my thesis is that a much tougher negotiating position had to be maintained with the independentists.” At another point, the president of La Mancha claimed to be concerned about Vox because “it is a reaction to the concessions of the past to independentists and nationalists. The only thing that causes so much concession is feeding the right.”
Then, the socialist revealed the request he made to Pedro Sánchez: “I suggested having a meeting with him.” But “it seems that he is very busy,” he confessed, throwing a dart at the president. The reason: the change of opinion on these issues. Because García-Page “doesn’t like anything to change his mind, just like that, and from one day to the next. It is more honest to say that we need the votes.”
“I feel obliged to speak because I have been in the PSOE for many years and I have organic responsibilities, especially when I am not asked for my opinion,” García-Page defended. Because in this sense, “the amnesty is a consequence of blackmail. I see two moments in this legislature: one is when Puigdemont is away and another is when he is already in Spain.”
One of the questions that was in the air and that the socialist finally answered was what he would have done during the vote of the last investiture if he had been a national deputy. “I would probably get sick that day and I wouldn’t go to Congress,” the man from La Mancha said honestly.
Later, García-Page also insisted on an important point about the possible self-determination of Catalonia after the amnesty agreement: “There is talk of negotiating a referendum at the national level. Anyway. “I will appeal to the Constitutional Court for any referendum that is held without respecting the Constitution.”