- The general secretary of the PP of Andalusia suggests that Espadas “be coherent” in his position on financing and ask Minister Montero to convene the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council to debate a new model between all the autonomous communities
- He states that Juanma Moreno has held meetings with other regional presidents, “even with those of the PSOE,” while Sánchez “does not sit with them so as not to listen to the criticism of his colleagues on the socialist drift.”
“I'm glad Espadas wants to get to work.” This is how the Secretary General of the PP of Andalusia, Antonio Repullo, to the statements of Juan Espadas on regional financing.
However, he recalled that the socialist "has not taken a single step to change a financing system that is unfair for Andalusia for five years." “He has been denying, through deeds, the financing that Andalusians deserve for five years,” he stressed while he recalled that “during this time our president, Juanma Moreno has not stopped opening lines of dialogue about the financing model with other regional presidents”. “Also with the socialists,” she stressed.
Thus, it reminded him of the meetings with García Page, even with Ximo Puig when he was president. “Swords, or while we're at it, Pedro Sánchez, you should talk to them,” he said, “or maybe you don't want to, so as not to listen to what they have to say about the socialist drift.”
Repullo has stressed that “From the Popular Party of Andalusia we have always been very clear about it, so much so that we say the same thing now that we are in the government as before when we were in the opposition”. “Which PSOE cannot do,” he added, while emphasizing that Andalusia is underfinanced and needs a fair financing model.
Fair financing for Andalusia
The general secretary of the Andalusian PP criticizes that Espadas makes these statements 24 hours after ERC has demanded a bilateral negotiation to obtain financing "even more unique for Catalonia that will break the solidarity and cohesion of the nation."
"It is not believable"Repullo remarked while explaining that “they denied amnesty, sedition and the reduction of sentences for embezzlement, among other changes of opinion.”
Faced with this situation, Antonio Repullo has invited the general secretary of the Andalusian PSOE to “if he really wants to defend the interests of Andalusia with such urgency, say yes to a temporary leveling fund that allows our land to recover the 15.000 million that we have lost due to a tremendously unfair system.” Similarly, demands the need for the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council to be convened so that a new model can be debated multilaterally among all the common regime communities.
“Be consistent,” he insists, “as long as you don't do this, it won't be credible,” he stated because, from his point of view, “the truth is that depending on what happens in the Catalan elections, Sánchez will change his mind again.” and Espadas will do, as he always does, what he is ordered, relegating the interests of Andalusia.” “His urgency about financing is pure electoralism and posturing,” he concluded.
