The president of the Senate rules out "torpedoing" the Government's action, but denounces Sánchez's "perks" to Junts

It highlights the "normalization" of the co-official languages ​​in the Senate and accuses Sánchez of using it in Congress as a "distraction"

MADRID, 18 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The new president of the Senate, Pedro Rollán, has assured this Friday that the Upper House "is not here to torpedo", rejecting that the institution becomes "solely and exclusively a tool of political counterweight" before the absolute majority of the PP, although it does who wanted to denounce "perks" of the socialist leader, Pedro Sánchez, to Junts in the vote of the Table of Congress.

"The Senate is not here to torpedo, the Senate is there to serve each and every one of the Spaniards. Therefore, we will improve any initiative based on respect for the groups and the representation that the Spaniards have given us and I do not want it to be thought that the Senate is going to be solely and exclusively a tool of political counterweight", Rollán defended in an interview in Cope, collected by Europa Press.

After being elected this Thursday as the new president of the Senate, Pedro Rollán has spoken in this way before the possibility that the absolute majority of the PP in the Upper House can delay and even veto some laws in the event that Pedro Sánchez finally ends reissuing the government.

In this context, the new president of the Senate has stressed that "it will not only be a tool of political counterweight", although he has specified that the PP, with an absolute majority, will be able to amend, modify and correct some laws, in addition to having the "complementarity of establish a calendar to focus on the territories".

For this reason, Rollán has opted to take advantage of the "temporary visibility" that the Senate has had this time so that the autonomous communities have "a determining role" in strategic issues such as the financing model or a national pact for water.

Likewise, the new president of the Senate has also ruled on Pedro Sánchez's agreements with pro-independence formations in exchange for his support for the socialist candidate Francina Armengol to preside over Congress, denouncing "perks" of the PSOE leader to Catalonia.

"We understand that there cannot be any autonomous community that has perks or that has benefits to the detriment of the rest of each and every one of the territories of Spain and yesterday we saw how the hand that rocks the cradle, Junts in this case and Mr. Puigdemont , have reissued an agreement with the candidate Sánchez", Rollán denounced.

Something that, in his opinion, "distorts the majority clamor" of the past 23J after the victory of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, censuring that the governability of Spain "resides in someone who does not respect or defend the general interests of the nation and the Constitution".

In this context, he has urged Sánchez "not to throw himself into the arms of Mr. Puigdemont", calling on him to "respect the result of the polls": "And above all, do everything within his reach to ensure moderation, respect, understanding and concord the hallmark of this nation".

And before the debate on the use of the co-official languages ​​in the Cortes, Pedro Rollán has highlighted the "normalization" that these languages ​​have in the Senate, where they are used in some debates and a commission. In fact, the new president of the Chamber began his intervention yesterday by greeting him in Catalan, Basque and Galician.

In another interview on Antena 3, collected by Europa Press, he has spoken in this way about the intention of the new president of Congress, Francina Armengol, to use all the official languages ​​in the Lower House.

In this context, Pedro Rollán considers that Sánchez is using this as "a decoy and a distraction tool" to, as he has said, "leave in the background" references to a possible de-judicialization of the Catalan issue.

Likewise, the 'popular' leader believes that the support reaped by Feijóo to go to a possible investiture "remains intact" despite the fact that Vox decided not to vote for the PP candidate to preside over Congress, Cuca Gamarra.

According to Rollán, both Vox and the Canary Islands Coalition have not explicitly withdrawn support for Feijóo, insisting that the person who has "the opportunity" to form a government must be the one who won the elections.

Lastly, he has also reaffirmed the leadership of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, accompanied by all the regional presidents, of whom he has defended that they are all "perfectly aligned" with the president of the 'popular'.