PNV warns Sánchez that his votes will be "the balance" and there will be "no choice" but to keep his word

He affirms that an electoral repetition would be "playing with fire" and warns that PP and Vox "are strengthening their hands"

BILBAO, 1 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzar, has warned the general secretary of the PSOE and acting president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, that the votes of the jeltzale party "are going to be the balance" to decide whether a law "passes or no" and he will have "no choice" but to keep his word. Furthermore, he has stated that a repeat election would be "playing with fire" and has warned that PP and Vox "are rubbing their hands together."

In an interview given to "El Correo", collected by Europa Press, Ortuzar has alluded to the possibility of 'returning to the polls' due to the attitude of ERC and Junts and the refusal of the PSOE to admit a referendum.

In his opinion, "it would be bad for everyone to kill the negotiation without, at least, listening to the other." "The strategies in Catalonia have been mixed with those of the investiture. I would not elevate what was approved in Parliament to the category of rupture or unsustainable difficulty," he said.

In his opinion, it is necessary to "start to dismantle the words a little" because "the important thing about a referendum is the question and whether it is done consensually or unilaterally."

In his opinion, the "independence unity" in Catalonia is "one more act of internal consumption in the face of Catalan politics and its pre-electoral environment." "In Madrid, everyone goes their own way," he added.

For Andoni Ortuzar, an electoral repetition "would be the devil's fault, and Pedro Sánchez knows it" because "the last time he used the repetition wild card it went worse."

The president of the PNV considers that a new electoral event "what could bring is an uncontrolled and difficult to predict popular reaction." "Be careful with playing with fire, because those who have just lost (in reference to PP and Vox) are rubbing their hands," he pointed out.

The president of the PNV has assured, in reference to the PP, that his party has not broken "bridges with anyone" because "in politics it is a luxury that you cannot afford."

However, he has admitted that, during his failed investiture, Alberto Núñez Feijóo "was more about passing bills to the PNV than to Sánchez." "We had already explained that we could not embark on an adventure that was not going to have a happy ending, because happy endings with Vox are impossible," he said.

Asked how the PNV will explain to its bases the maintenance of its support for Pedro Sánchez when they have accused him of breaking his word, he responded that "this time he will have no choice but to keep it."

"The numbers are completely different from those of the previous legislature. The five votes of the PNV are going to be the real balance of whether a law passes or does not pass. Sánchez knows it, and things are going to be different," he said. concluded.