Feijóo defends before Page the need to implement the agreement with six State pacts that Sánchez rejected

Water, agrarian policy and infrastructure, other topics of the conversation between the president of C-LM and the leader of the PP

MADRID, 21 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The leader of the PP and candidate for the Presidency of the Government, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, defended this Thursday before the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, the need to put into practice the 'Agreement on Equality' with six pacts of State that he proposed on August 30 to Pedro Sánchez - and he rejected - because he understood that it was the "way to solve the serious problems that Spain is going through," according to 'popular' sources.

Feijóo has called Page within the framework of the round of contacts that he has opened for the investiture and during this telephone conversation they have also talked about regional issues, such as agrarian policy, infrastructure and water policies, according to PP sources. and the regional government of C-LM.

Five days before the investiture debate to be held in Congress, Feijóo and Page have also discussed "national issues that affect the current political situation and the governability of Spain," according to sources from the PP leader's team.

In this context, the president of the PP has conveyed "the need to put into practice the 'Agreement on Equality' with six State pacts (Democratic Regeneration, Welfare State, Economic Sanitation, for Families, Water and Territorial) as way to solve the serious problems that our country is going through from an institutional, economic and social point of view".

The acting head of the Executive already rejected on August 30 - after the meeting they held in Congress - Feijóo's offer based on State pacts and with the commitment to let the PP govern during a short two-year term. .

"In the conversation held with Emiliano García-Page, president of Castilla-La Mancha, we reflected on the current political situation. We have also discussed issues of relevance to the people of Castile-La Mancha such as infrastructure, agrarian policy and water policy," he said. later revealed by the leader of the PP himself on the social network 'X', former Twitter.

Before the announcement that Feijóo would call Page, the president of Castilla-La Mancha had already reminded him that neither he nor the regional Executive he represents are "interlocutors" to talk about anything that has to do with the investiture he is facing. next week for understanding that this "is the responsibility of the general secretary of the party, who is Pedro Sánchez."

"It is one thing to establish our position as a Government, which is our right and our duty, and quite another to enter into issues that are the responsibility of the nation's Parliament," García-Page had settled before that telephone conversation with the leader of the PP.

Feijóo's talk with Page is part of the round of contacts that the PP leader is making with leaders of political parties, social agents and regional presidents before the investiture debate that starts on September 26 in Congress.

Thus, the president of the PP has already held conversations with the general secretary of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez; the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal; the president of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzar and with the leader of UPN, Javier Esparza.

In addition, he has also spoken with the regional presidents of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno; Cantabria, María José Saénz de Buruaga; Murcia, Fernando López Miras; Valencian Community, Carlos Mazón; Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, also leader of the Canarian Coalition (CC); Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, and the Basque Country, Iñigo Urkullu.

This week he has also met at the PP headquarters with the presidents of CEOE and Cepyme, Antonio Garamendi and Gerardo Cuerva, respectively, and with the secretaries general of UGT, Pepe Alvarez and of CC.OO, Unai Sordo.

Sources from the PP have indicated to Europa Press that Feijóo is also considering speaking with the president of Navarra, María Chivite, and they are not contemplating that talk with the president of Asturias, Adrián Barbón, because he declined that contact, just like the president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès.