On the big day in Aragon, the situation in Catalonia has been one of the main protagonists of the day. Although without explicitly naming her, the regional president, Jorge Azcón, charged in his official speech against those who “try to break the unity of coexistence”, an “irresponsible, illegal and immoral” act for which he asked that those responsible be held accountable before the law. .
“Politicians who have committed crimes against these fundamental norms must respond as what they are: people who tried to dispose and break without remedy the will and peaceful coexistence of the Spanish people. There is no amnesty possible for such an outrage,” stated the popular leader in his first San Jorge speech as leader of the community.
Before the main figures of Aragonese politics and society, the popular man invoked the spirit of harmony that prevailed during the Transition and expressed that the only thing he hopes is that no one believes in the “false right” to break democratic coexistence or to dynamit the principles of unity, equality and solidarity.
“We do not want to be more than anyone, but we are not going to allow anyone to ignore us either,” warned the president, who has been characterized by maintaining a tough stance with his neighbors since taking office.
Already in a regional key, Azcón claimed the figure of Aragon as an engine “for the progress and common advancement of Spain.” For this reason, the central government demanded collaboration, “regardless of the political sign,” so that progress is made in the projects planned in the community related to the development of hydraulic infrastructure, irrigation, large road and railway communication axes or the cross-border links. “The future of the community will be technological and innovative or it will not be,” he added in another of the most applauded moments.
The president of the Cortes and member of Vox, Marta Fernández, was even more combative with the sovereigntist parties. In her speech, which many expected to be more institutional than political, she attacked the “morally illegitimate pacts” with the nationalists, the result of a policy of “spectacle and game” in which “particular interests prevail over the common good.”
Along these lines, he criticized the exchange of “power for privileges,” something that benefits a “noisy minority,” which generates “lack of solidarity” and where Aragón “always comes out on the losing end.”
Likewise, he fueled the rise of Bildu in the last Basque elections, something that, in his opinion, sends the message that “power can be achieved with violence” and that “the 900 murders have paid off.”
Former president Javier Lambán was more temperate, today honored for his services at the head of the Government over the last 8 years with the Aragon Medal. Beyond humorous references to his physical ailments (he battles liver cancer and suffers from multiple sclerosis, as he acknowledged in his recently published memoirs), the socialist advocated “coming to the rescue of Spain” and for Aragon to become “ champion par excellence in the defense of the Constitution and the Statute of Autonomy.”
Lambán, whose work was praised by Azcón who presented him with the award, invoked “the best of the Aragonese” to maintain “the course that Spain adopted after the Transition and with the 1978 Constitution”, which he believes brought about the best moments of our recent history but that now “is at risk of going awry.” For this reason, he asked to “Aragoneseize” the country and provide moderation, common sense, temper and respect for law and laws.
The event, held in the impressive courtyard of the Aljafería Palace (headquarters of the regional Cortes) under a powerful wind, also served to honor other notable figures from the region such as the footballer of FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team, Salma Paralluelo; the president of the Ebro Irrigators’ Federation, César Trillo; and to the National Police Corps, which this year celebrates its 200th anniversary.
The festive day, in which Book Day is also celebrated, is full of recreational events throughout the city.
