Batet says goodbye to the Presidency of Congress asking for "disposition to the agreement" and "greatness" to the deputies

MADRID, 16 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The still president of the Congress, the socialist Meritxell Batet, has said goodbye to the position this Thursday asking the deputies for "predisposition to dialogue" and "greatness" in the stage that opens with the constitution of the Chamber renewed in the general elections of 23 of July.

As president of the Permanent Deputation of Congress, Batet has directed the brief meeting in which the report on the accountability of the parliamentary body that has been active since the dissolution of the Parliament was approved by assent.

And he did not want to close the session of the Permanent Deputation without saying a few words of farewell to the deputies present, quite a few of them carrying out their last parliamentary activity because they are saying goodbye to the Chamber.

"I want to recognize all of you for your work and dedication, sometimes in especially difficult circumstances, and I want to refer in a special way to the deputies who will not continue in the next legislature. I wish you the best in your future professional life", he commented. .

And to those who repeat in Congress, he has asked for "work capacity, willingness to agree and greatness." "Above all, greatness - has affected -. The quality of politics in our country, in Spain, depends on us."

Batet, who confirmed a week ago that she was not going to run for re-election as president of Congress, has pointed out that the main characteristic of this XIV Legislature that is now ending has been the fact that she had to perform her duties during a pandemic.

As he has said, this last day of the legislature "is not a time to reproach, but it is a time for reflection", and he has promised to soon forget "the bad moments he has had, "that there has been everything". What he will take with him are the episodes of "good parliamentarism" that he has witnessed from the Presidency in plenary, in the Table or in the Board of Spokesmen.

"I stay, above all, with the people I have met along the way. Sometimes passions overflow in political debate should not affect the respect between us and our personal affections. After all, we are colleagues ", has riveted.