Albares sees "unfortunate" that Gamarra questions the legitimacy of Sánchez and criticizes that he did not express his support for Lula

MADRID, 9 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, has described as "regrettable" the comment of the General Secretary of the Popular Party, Cuca Gamarra, after the assault on Congress in Brazil by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and has criticized that in the that it was the first demonstration of the 'populares', a reference of support for the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was not made.

"I saw it and I must say as Foreign Minister of the Government of Spain that it has worried me a lot (...) And, of course, as a Spanish citizen I find it regrettable that they are trying to question the legitimacy of the President of the Government", he has Albares transferred in an interview on Cadena Ser, collected by Europa Press, about Gamarra's words in which, citing a 'tweet' by Sánchez, he said: "With you, in Spain this is now a simple public disorder."

In this sense, the head of Spanish diplomacy has assured that he is "very concerned" that the main opposition party "has nothing to say regarding support for democracy in Brazil" in its first public demonstration or about the " rejection of the ultra-right".

This, in his opinion, shows that the Popular Party "has nothing to say in foreign policy" and has emphasized that this situation is observed in a country like Spain that is "just over five months away" from holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Asked in an interview on Onda Cero, collected by Europa Press, about how he came to the conclusion that Gamarra is trying to undermine Sánchez's legitimacy, the minister explained that "comparisons are made when it comes to an assault on a congress by far-right elements that try to prevent a democratic process, they try to frivolize with an event like that without making reference to support for Lula and without even expressing rejection of those supposed parallelisms in Spain by retweeting a tweet from the President of the Government who did clearly support to democracy in Brazil.

In addition, the minister has pointed out that the controversial publication was shared by the party account and that the message from the leader of the 'populares', Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will arrive "a few hours later".

Regarding what happened in Brazil, the minister notes that there is a "trumpist trace in the way they acted" with mobilized ultra-rightists entering Congress, not wanting to leave and, above all, the political background that is "not wanting to recognize some results clear, democratic, after a vote that has brought Lula to the presidency of Brazil and that have been ratified by the Supreme Electoral Court of Brazil".

Albares has added that these events have to lead us to reflect that democracy must be defended every day, taking into account that an "identical pattern" occurred in the United States two years ago.

Likewise, he has reported that yesterday he had the opportunity to speak with his Brazilian counterpart shortly after the incidents began, to whom he conveyed all the support of the Government of Spain. In addition, he has highlighted that Sánchez was one of the first world leaders to send a message of solidarity in this regard.

Regarding whether he sees it as difficult to achieve stability in Brazil, the minister predicts that yesterday's events and everything that took place in the weeks prior to Lula's inauguration "presage that these movements are not going to disappear easily and that the far-right forces that sow doubt about the electoral results in the end push actions like this little by little".