The program of the Popular Party that was presented yesterday in a solemn event by its leader and candidate for the presidency of the Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, includes the modification of some of the laws that the current Central Executive changed with the intention of leaving behind the process, whose legal case brought nine Catalan politicians to prison and keeps a handful of pro-independence militants accused.
Among the measures included in the program is the recovery of the crime of sedition in the Penal Code “improving and updating its classification, to punish the most serious forms of constitutional disloyalty”. The proposal also proposes to regulate other “disloyalties of institutions aimed at endangering peace and constitutional order, either through the calling of referendums or unauthorized consultations or machinations aimed at undermining Spain’s credit”.
In addition, they propose to recover the crime of embezzlement in the formulation prior to the reform promoted by the Sánchez Government and also to modify the pardon law “to strengthen the Government’s motivation for the right of clemency”.
Feijóo presented the electoral program, which includes tax reforms, the repeal of laws approved by the current Government such as the Historical Memory law or the reform of others such as the only yes is yes law in an act in which he wanting to give solemnity in the forms and also in his speech. Feijóo called for a collective task that, he says, looks forward and must forget revenges and that requires a broad majority, so as not to have to depend on minorities, he said in a speech in which Vox it was not mentioned even once.
He spoke of pacts he wants to reach with all the parties and especially with “the PSOE that was and hopefully will come back”. The leader of the PP assured that the day after the elections he will call the leader of the PSOE, “whatever”, to ask him for one thing, “to let me govern”, and if he says no, “I will call his barons to convince him”.
In the background, with the flags of Spain and the European Union behind and a large photo of the entrance to the Palau de la Moncloa. The motto of the program, “A project at the service of a great country”. In the auditorium of the House of America, where the event was held, former ministers of the PP governments, such as Íñigo Méndez de Vigo; former European commissioners such as Marcelino Oreja, Spanish ambassadors on leave or retired, and a large representation of representatives of social agents: CC.OO., UGT, CEOE, ATA, Cepyme or companies such as Federico Ramos de Armas, director of Agbar Madrid There were also representatives of civil society such as Cermi, Cocemfe, Autisme España, Plataforma de la Infantesa, Satse, Save the Children, Apramp or ONCE.
