El Spokesperson for the Popular Group in the Parliament of Andalusia, Tony Martin, has defended in the Plenary Session of the Congress of Deputies la Bill approved unanimously in the Andalusian Chamber for facilitate access to public employment for people with intellectual disabilities through a partial reform of the consolidated text of the Basic Law of Public Employees, approved by Legislative Decree 5/2025, of October 30. During his speech in the Lower House, Martín has put this initiative as example of dialogue and the search for the common good, “without ideological trenches and without sectarianism.”
To close the speeches by the trio of Andalusian parliamentarians who came to Congress this Tuesday to defend this initiative – also made up of Esperanza Gómez Corona, from Por Andalucía; and Pilar Navarro, from the Socialist Group –, Martín stated that “both the deputies who spoke before me, and myself, come from a land where what governs today is the solvency, the common sense and the quiet".
Furthermore, he added that the Government of Andalusia and the Popular Group that supports it are also defined by "the conviction that minority groups should not be crushed because they are in the opposition, but that it is desirable to be able to agree on initiatives with them, without ideological trenches and without sectarianism, simply because it is the best for the Andalusians.”
dialog example
In the opinion of Toni Martín, “Andalusia is a land with a Parliament in which the majority group frequently supports, and thus allows, the approval of initiatives from minority groups, however small a minority they may be and however ideologically at odds with the Popular Party they may be," which he considered "a lesson" because "we do not need the votes of these groups to stay in government, nor do we need the votes of these groups to buy us anything, because in Andalusia there are many things that are not for sale."
"We're doing it simply because it's good for everyone, because we believe in that, and because we understand that a government shouldn't be afraid of dialogue with other groups or of adopting that outdated principle that says the important thing is the initiatives, not who proposes them," he argued.
"I haven't come to this House to lecture anyone on how to govern, far from it, but you must also understand that I stand at this podium absolutely proud to come from an Andalusia where today we put the interests of the Andalusian people before any other partisan interest or anyone's political survival. Only the interests of the Andalusian people," the PP spokesperson emphasized.
The right of people with disabilities to oppose
Regarding the initiative debated today in Congress, Martín explained that it has a “very simple but very powerful” objective, which is remove barriers", since "people with intellectual disabilities who try to access a position in the civil service find that the entrance exams are not a door, but rather, in many cases, a real barrier, and not because these people lack talent or ability, or lack the desire to work, which they have plenty of. They are a barrier because the selection tests were designed and conceived without taking them into account."
“In some way, with this initiative, what we seek is to adapt these tests, obviously respecting the principles of equality, merit and ability "which are enshrined in the Basic Statute of Public Employees, but of course, we also guarantee and ensure that no one will be left out for reasons unrelated to their worth," said Martín, for whom "this is not a gift, but a matter of justice. And as for justice, well, what can I tell you?"
"You can and should always govern through dialogue", reaching consensus and agreement, because the future of Andalusia and I am sure that the future of Spain will never be able to be built on impositions and blackmail, but only on agreement, dialogue and consensus." "That way we will have a better Andalusia and I am sure that it will also be a better Spain,” he concluded.
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