Tomas Guitarte, political representative to the Cortes on behalf of the Teruel (Aragon) Exists coalition, came out resigned from the meeting he had with Jorge Azcón this Tuesday morning, December 9. “It seems that everything has already been decided,” he said and … complained about knowing the regional budgets from the ‘powerpoint’ provided last Friday and not debating them in the Cortes, which is their natural sphere.
“The question of whether there will be early elections yes or yes” will be decided, according to Guitarte’s opinion this afternoon, by the far right of Vox. To the request to know the spending ceiling that the leader of Aragon Exist made to the leader of the PP, he conditioned it on the opinion of Vox, with whom he will meet this afternoon, assured the deputy.
Guitarte demanded essential infrastructure from Azcón, such as improving the road network, with a substantial impact on regional accounts. And he complained that this debate was not transferred to the Cortes, with the possibility of modifying or clarifying any budgetary aspect. He attributes the proposal of Pilar Alegría (PSOE) to a simple tactical game to support the spending ceiling that Azcón presents to avoid the electoral scenario.
The Aragonese spokesperson was more supportive of supporting the accounts, Alberto Izquierdo, which advances its support for the budgets drawn up by the Aragonese Executive. Izquierdo, who today opened the cycle of contacts with Azcón, considers that “if there are elections, Aragon will be paralyzed” in the good economic rhythm that it is currently experiencing.
The deputy of Teruel and president of PAR did not want to speculate and dispelled the doubt: “If this budget is as it is, I will vote for it.” As later stated by the Minister of Finance and Interior of the Executive, Roberto Bermúdez de Castro, the Aragonese deputy expressed his concern about the epidemic of African swine fever, the necessary support for the livestock sector and other demands addressed to the Executive with which his president agreed.
Bermúdez de Castro of the Executive
In the summary and evaluation of these first two contacts, Councilor Bermúdez de Castro indicated that the tone with Izquierdo was very positive, in obvious harmony; facing the negative part of the “cross veto” that Aragon raised. He exists to negotiate, because he does not want a budget agreement that contains Vox in the pact, he stressed.
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