twenty minutes with Elma Saiz They were enough to prove that at Moncloa, the face has changed, but not the scenario.
The fifth government spokesperson He reproduces, like his predecessors, the arguments concocted by the Secretary of State for Communication. The voices change but everything sounds the same.
This Tuesday, Navarre Elma Saiz took office for the first time. Has better diction and grammar than Pilar Alegria but it offers a harsher image. It doesn’t trip like Maria Jesus Monterobut he lacks the personality and charisma of the Sevillian.
Nor does he have the perfect diction and didactic style of Isabelle Celaa nor the youthful air of Isabelle Rodriguez
The brand new spokesperson spoke for a total of 20 minutes, between the initial presentation and responses.
It was 37% of the time of the total 54 minutes that the press conference lasted, but next to him he was the loquacious Oscar Puente who, freed from the limits of social network X, was able to develop without character limits.
Only the presentation of the transport ticket by the minister lasted 22 eternal minutes that would make anyone yawn, really. Pedro Sanchez. More than in the entire time the spokesperson spoke.
Elma Saiz debuted in a red dress – the company color – and drew comparisons to the Christmas lottery. Yeah Lina Morgane She was “grateful and excited,” the minister said: “Yesterday, many prizes were given out, but I feel blessed, like I won the jackpot.”
He said this as if coming to the defense of a government besieged by scandals and a lack of parliamentary support was a reward, not a condemnation.
Saiz read more than he improvised. Even your first thanks. The newspapers said: “I assume this position with humility and as a duty.”
The minister promised to “explain and show her face” and thanked Pedro Sánchez and Pilar Alegría, who “shone” in her role as spokesperson. The Aragon polls are not encouraging as to the benefits brought to him by his time in the Moncloa press room: being the face of the Sanchist government every Tuesday has had harmful consequences.
The new spokesperson also asked for “a little patience like the first times” and suggested “mutual respect”. He even had a souvenir for his “dear land of Navarre”, as if he were collecting a Goya.
After the two-minute presentation, Elma continued reading. At that time, to report on what the Council of Ministers had approved. “It’s an honor to start with the social shield,” he declared, praising his portfolio, Social Security, by “reevaluating pensions.”
Since the subject was so dry, he decided to lighten it and give it an epic touch, even though the sentence seemed very pre-cooked.
“I was recently quoted a phrase from Roosevelt It stuck with me,” he said. Even though the only place it stuck was on the paper it was written on and he began to read.
At 10 minutes and 50 seconds, he gave way to Oscar Puente. The Minister of Transport praised “the clarity and rigor with which” his colleague communicates.
After a very detailed presentation of the man from Valladolid, he moves on to questions. Here, Elma Saiz has improved. He no longer read. He provided scholarly answers.
Supposedly well trained by the Secretary of State –Lydia del Canto– He barely consulted the files with the argument.
After a first technical response, the second was for Óscar Puente. The spokesperson breathed a sigh of relief.
Since Pilar Alegría, something quite striking has happened: the spokespersons let the national director of the Secretariat of State distribute the question times.
The days when the minister’s spokesperson pointed the finger at the journalist are over. From now on, it is Moncloa who gives (or takes back) the floor. And Elma Saiz follows this custom.
We come to the third question and we ask you if you consider the results of Extremadura to be extrapolated to the national level.
Saïz has clearly prepared for this and “calls” on all parties to “preserve from the presence of the institutions those who want to destroy the institutions.” She repeats it like an adversary reciting themes. There is no emotion but he says it effectively.
The fourth question concerns the proposal to Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ibarra abstain to prevent Vox from entering the government of Maria Guardiola.
Increase the temperature
The temperature in the room begins to rise. Three of his four predecessors were warned and sanctioned by the Electoral Council for using Moncloa as a partisan pulpit.
Isabel Celaa was fined 2,200 euros, which was later ratified by the Supreme Court. To Isabel Rodríguez at 4,700 euros. He did not learn and received a second sentence.
Pilar Alegría was also sanctioned for “electoralism” five days before the European elections. The Aragonese had to pay 2,200 euros for a press conference during which she went too far by attacking the PP.
At 5:35 p.m., thunder is revealed. “Far-right politics”, “Feijóo” and “dehumanization of the adversary”, all Moncloa classics combined. The voice changes but the text is the same.
At least we appreciate that this time “the mud machine” or “the fascistosphere” do not appear.
Moncloa continues to serve the most political arguments, a trademark of the house since the arrival of Sánchez.
We are already finished when the “plurinational” moment arrives. The minister congratulates citizens in Basque, Catalan and Galician. And until next time.
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