The candidates to preside over the Xunta de Galicia have made time in the day of reflection to spend it with family, friends, enjoy the hospitality industry, go to football and even go paragliding, but also to pay tribute to the victims. of ‘Villa de Pitanxo’ before competing for the autonomous government at the polls this Sunday.
Three of them, the current president, Alfonso Rueda (PP), and the candidates Ana Pontón (BNG) and José Ramón Gómez Besteiro (PSOE), have coincided this Saturday in an “exciting” tribute to the sailors who died two years ago in waters of Newfoundland (Canada) and greetings were exchanged in Marín (Pontevedra).
That has not been the only common stop, since in the afternoon they attended the soccer match between Celta and Barça in Balaídos before playing theirs at the Galicia polling stations.
For the candidate to maintain the position, Rueda, the day of reflection began with a walk with his wife, Marta Coloret, and their two daughters, Marta and Bea, with whom he chatted outdoors before going to Marín in his capacity. head of the Galician Executive. Wearing jeans, sneakers and a navy blue sweater, he chose Monte Pedroso for this walk, of which the party provided images and video.
Last night, after the campaign closing rally held in Ourense, he recorded his last daily video blog ‘Galicia Rueda’ accompanied by his mother, Lola de Valenzuela, who wished him “good luck.” Next to Lola, his son says that he can no longer ask for the vote, but he appreciates the “warmth” that he has felt this fortnight, where he has been very “covered”, something that he needed “very much.”
The BNG candidate, Ana Pontón, enjoyed a vermouth session with friends and family in Santiago de Compostela and called for participation in the regional elections. “It is a day to stop a little after such an intense campaign,” said the candidate to preside over the Galician Government in an audio that she sent to the media.
After “a very emotional act in memory of the victims of ‘Villa de Pitanxo'”, the nationalist took a break at noon in “this very intense and exciting campaign” and thanked “the work of the BNG militancy, sympathizers and people” who went to their events “with so much enthusiasm and enthusiasm. She also stated that the day of reflection “is a day for those people who are not yet clear about their vote to think.” She has had the aperitif with family and friends.
The PSdeG-PSOE candidate, José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, had a coffee with colleagues from his party, among whom was the Government delegate, Pedro Blanco, in a cafeteria in Marín (Pontevedra) where he went after “an exciting I remember” the fatal victims of the ‘Villa de Pitanxo’ tragedy. “Since you cannot ask for a vote, we will talk about the weather,” Gómez Besteiro told Efe, who confessed that the day of reflection is welcome to “chat, rest and lead life with less hustle and bustle.”
Sumar’s candidate for the Presidency of the Xunta, Marta Lois, has flown paragliding from Lousame (A Coruña) to Coira beach, in Portosín, and said upon her arrival that this experience has given her “brutal energy” to face Sunday’s election day.
“I just charged one of the batteries!” he said from the sandy area of ??Sonora. It was not his first time, as he pointed out, but after his foray into Oia (Pontevedra) he had wanted to repeat it and to do it “in special moments”, such as this day of reflection, in which he called to participation.
Armando Ojea, right-hand man of the mayor of Ourense and leader of Democracia Ourensana, Gonzalo Pérez Jácome, decided to dedicate this day of reflection to his motorcycle and to stay “alone with his own thoughts” before finding out if on 18-F this independent formation enters in the Galician Parliament.
The Podemos candidate, Isabel Faraldo, has met with her friends for a very ‘carnivalesque’ plan, eating a stew, typical of these holidays, and the Vox candidate, Álvaro Díaz-Mella, has opted for a quiet Saturday with the family .
