The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has separated this Thursday the agreement reached with the PP in the Balearic Islands, by virtue of which his party will refrain from investing Marga Prohens, from the possible agreements that both formations can reach in Extremadura, Aragón or Murcia . “The Balearic Islands will not work in other places,” he warned.
PP and Vox signed the investiture agreement for Prohens on Wednesday, which means that the far-right party will not enter the Balearic Government but will enter the island councils of Mallorca and Menorca. It also includes priority attention to problems such as the lack of linguistic freedom. In Extremadura, Aragón and Murcia, where the governments are still pending, negotiations are underway and Vox has reiterated its intention to have a presence in the regional executives.
Before the media in Salamanca, Abascal explained that the Balearic Islands agreement “is different” because in this autonomy there is a “great risk” of “the entry of separatism and the imposition of Catalan in the classrooms.” These circumstances do not occur in Aragon, Extremadura or Murcia, he has maintained.
In addition, the Vox leader has highlighted that Prohens has maintained “a respectful behavior” with the electorate of the formation he presides over, not like the leader of the PP from Extremadura, María Guardiola. “He has not insulted them as in Extremadura,” she has indicated. Guardiola ruled out that Vox would become part of the regional government, alleging that she did not want to agree with a formation that denies sexist violence, among other things.
Another of the differences between the pact in the Balearic Islands and the rest, according to Abascal, is that in the islands the PP “has not breached” an investiture agreement with Vox, as happened in Murcia, according to the complaint. “The Balearic Islands will not work in other places,” he summarized.
On the other hand, questioned about whether he would be part of an eventual government of Alberto Núñez Feijóo as his vice president after the general elections on July 23, Abascal has emphasized that he is running for the Presidency and has ruled out making “hypotheses”. “Be clear that I am going out to win and I am running for the Presidency, not for the Vice Presidency,” he stressed.
