The secretary general of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, assured this Tuesday in Córdoba that he intends to implement in Aragon, Castilla y León and Andalusia, where there will be elections next May 17, the measures agreed with the PP in Extremadura. “We face this electoral campaign to bring common sense that we have already materialized in an agreement in Extremadura,” he said before adding that this “common sense” is “to put Spaniards first in line, facilitate access to housing and social aid.” Garriga was in Córdoba at a meeting with members of his party to coordinate the electoral campaign, which begins on May 1st.
Garriga was accompanied by Vox’s candidate for the Presidency of the Junta de Andalucía, Manuel Gavira, who denounced that the current president, Juan Manuel Moreno, “does not want to put Andalusians first.” And on this aspect, the secretary general of Santiago Abascal’s party insisted, pointing out that his party seeks “to make Andalusia the southern border of Europe and not the gateway to the continent” to then link immigration with waiting lists, difficulties in accessing housing, and insecurity.
The “national priority” agreed by the PP and Vox in Extremadura has been a point of contention with the national leadership of the popular party, who were also at the negotiating table to invest María Guardiola. The secretary general of the PP, Miguel Tellado, wanted to clarify this Monday that point of the Extremaduran agreement: “No foreigner is discriminated against. It must be understood in those terms,” he defended before pointing out that national priority “is not an eliminatory criterion, but one more issue when granting aid” and that “it is reasonable that the link with the territory, real roots, has weight” to access public services. The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, also criticized the pact, warning that this aspect of the agreement “is neither legal nor in accordance with the law.”
“We are very surprised that Mrs. Ayuso and Mr. Feijóo question it [the agreement], when I am convinced that 100% of Spaniards want Spaniards to be first in line,” Ignacio Garriga responded this Tuesday. “What we have agreed is absolutely legal, it is not exclusive, and we will continue to defend Spaniards above the rest,” he added before explaining that when Vox assumes powers in Extremadura, it will be seen that “what many said could not be done, Vox will implement it in Extremadura, and we aspire to do so in Aragon, Castilla y León and Andalusia.”
Regarding the agreement with the PP in Aragon, the secretary general of Vox said that “there are still many conversations and papers to cross-reference,” but that the Extremadura agreement “will be the basis” for what they can reach with Jorge Azcón, whom he thanked for his good disposition in the conversations.
