President of Andalusia, Juanma MorenoHe presented his book “Manual de Convivencia” (Espasa) in Madrid with the support of the leader of the People’s Party, Alberto Nunez Viejo; Former President Mariano Rajoy and his former Vice President Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, as well as Representatives and … Other party officials. He did so at the Cibeles Palace, seat of the Madrid City Council, and took the opportunity to once again defend the call. “Andalusian way” In a time of extreme polarization: “A calm and gentle policy.”
Moreno, who reviewed his political beginnings as chief secretary of state in the Ministry of Health and did not skimp on recounting the difficulties he faced in finding a place as a candidate in Andalusia – “one day, while eating breakfast in a tavern, some gentlemen asked each other if they had seen this worthless bonilla” – until he reached the absolute majority in 2022, also spoke of the two major crises that the Assembly is now going through.
Two scandals broke out a few months before the election was called, elections scheduled for May or June. cancer screenings, “The crisis I bore with greater sadness”He said, after insisting on increasing the health budget in Andalusia to 16.2 billion euros, that he had gone through a shock plan and five dismissals, including the sector advisor. Those that refer to a corruption case in the state of Almeria within the “mask case” that could escalate into other repercussions. The People’s Party has suspended the president of the Almería Provincial Council, Javier Aureliano García, who also heads the Popular Party in that province. “It has nothing to do with what our opponent, the Socialist Workers Party, is doing. “We have been quick, transparent and forceful,” he launched amid the scandal over the latest UCO report that fully affects Santos Cerdán.
There have been blames left and right. to Fox and the Socialist Workers Party Because of a “confluence of electoral interests”; He went so far as to assert that in the Andalusian parliament “sometimes they are indistinguishable” due to attacks on the People’s Party. He told a story recorded verbatim in the book about the breakfast he had with him Santiago Abascalin which the Fox leader ordered a French omelette: “Santi man, I was expecting a Spanish omelette from you.” He admitted to some already known personal problems, such as his difficulties sleeping. Genetically inheriting from his mother “a very brave and strong woman”, which he mentioned at various times; Just like his father who actually died of colon cancer. He stressed that he would not have been able to rise to his current position without the support of his wife, Manuel Villena. He also admitted that the first political rally he attended was that of Felipe Gonzalez. The second was for José María Aznar.
He stressed that “his period in Madrid has already been covered” after living 18 years in the capital, in which he was also a deputy and senator as well as foreign minister, and confirmed that his position “The end of the stage” in AndalusiaClosing the door to national politics.
Regarding the current political situation, Moreno assumed that the general elections “will be when Sánchez will be most interested”: “If you know that what might come judicially is worse, you can come forward with it. “He’s waiting for the right opportunity.” What he made clear was that it was “technically not possible” to sustain three years without budgets. “As an insult, it should be resolved as quickly as possible,” he concluded.