This is how the President of the Popular Party expressed himself in the microphones of the 'WorldCast' Podcast Directed by Pedro Buerbauminfluencer and founder of Pollería. The 'popular' people try to reach more people with this interview, especially young people, and thus follow the example the interview that Pedro Sánchez gave to the podcast 'La Pija y la Quinqui' in the election campaign of the 23J general elections.
This is the first time Feijóo has spoken publicly about Alvise, who managed to enter the European Parliament three seats by collecting almost 800,000 votes in the June 9 elections and on the same level as Sumar and the Ahora Repúblicas coalition of ERC and Bildu.
'It worries me, because that is not politics'
When asked explicitly what he thinks about the Alvise phenomenon, Feijóo replied that when in Spain “there is a populist government” like that of Sánchez “These kinds of movements happen automatically in networks” that, as he said, have no structure or electoral program.
After reflecting on his political experience, he pointed out that it is “complicated” to entrust “the management of public affairs” to this type of movement. “If you have 82 hospitals who depend on you, more than 1,500 health centers, it is useful to have people who know how to do it, right?” he stressed.
Feijóo has blamed the Sánchez government for Alvise's entry into the European Parliament. 'I believe this is a product of a populist government in Spain and that worries me. It worries me because, in my opinion, politics is not that. “Politics prepares, trains, has knowledge, is interested in managing public affairs, loves your country and has a project for the common people,” he stated.
After ensuring that phenomena like Alvise's have also occurred in “other places in Europe”, the PP president has admitted that the support Alvise received in the European elections was “a protest vote” and added that this is reflected in his own name. 'The party is over'.
Of course, he pointed out that in the European elections “they vote differently and the constituency is unique”, distinguishing between what happened on 9 June and what happens in other elections, such as regional or municipal elections, where, for example, the mayor is elected. “That is why the electoral system is different”, he added.
Blame the government after its pacts with the Catalans and Bildu
According to Feijóo, continuing with the question, Alvise's rise is due to the role of the independentistas, “some gentlemen who do not believe in Spain”are the ones who “hold the key to the country's governance today”.
Furthermore, he stressed the fact that the government is dependent on Bildu, a party that “still has people on its lists convicted of terrorism”. “Well, it is clear that there are many people who disagree with that and want to vote with their guts”, he stressed.
When asked whether the PP delegitimizes AlviseFeijóo has admitted that he does not follow “that movement”. “Firstly, because it is absolutely unknown and secondly, because I am interested in a political project,” he added.
After assuring himself that his goal is to “enlarge” the PP so that “the greatest number of Spaniards can fit in”, he appreciated the electoral support that Alvise has received in the European elections. “What is clear is that this man has 800,000 people who voted for him, so listen and recognize it”, he stressed.
He further indicated that parties that “exist now”, referring to Vox or Alvise, “did not exist” before. “I find this thing about the far right very funny, don’t you? The PP was a party from the right to the centre. Now there has been a split and colleagues who were members of the Popular Party have created a new party called Vox and those you just told me about in the European elections”, he said, referring to Alvise.
“A government of censorship”
Moreover, Feijóo has reiterated that The government of Pedro Sánchez is the “creator of a hoax machine”: “Every time there is bad news or something that harms the government, it is a hoax. Every time someone publishes something that harms the government, this man belongs to a digital tabloid,” he criticized, adding that it is “a government of censorship.”
In this sense, he has indicated that the cases that “haunt the President's entourage – are related to the investigation into Begoña Gómez– had never happened before.” “The president of the government's partner has never sat on a bench before a judge who is being investigated for corruption and influence peddling. Never. And this has appeared on all the international covers,” he warned.
Feijóo has accused the PSOE of breaking the rules, of trying to govern despite not winning the elections and of relying on independents and Bildu, 'the heir of ETA'. According to him, the Socialists are now trying to “discredit the PP alternative by saying it is a far-right party”, something that he says “seems like a joke”.
He further stated that this is the “first time” that this has happened A president arrives in Moncloa “without having won the elections”.something that, as he has said, is “legitimate”, but “it is the first time that it has happened”. He has also criticised the fact that this year there are no laws being approved and there are no budgets. “I remember from previous times that when the government did not approve the budget, it called elections”, he exclaimed, adding that it is a “painful” situation, “without a majority in the Chamber” and with partners engaged in “blackmail”.
