Sánchez attacks the PP for pensions: "They quickly take out the scissors but drag their feet to raise taxes on the rich"

GETAFE (MADRID), 8 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has accused the Popular Party of "quickly taking out the scissors" to cut and freeze pensions, but in turn "drag their feet to approve taxes against great fortunes".

This has been stated in a public act in Getafe (Madrid), which has had the presence of the general secretary of the PSOE of the capital and candidate for the Presidency of the autonomous community, Juan Lobato, and in which he has criticized that the PP It has been "four years without complying with its constitutional obligations and now the agreement of the Toledo Pact flies."

"What irresponsibility and what greater commitment we have to show from the Government and from the socialist party with our decent public pension system, which is viable and which is fair", lamented the President of the Government.

In addition, the leader of the PSOE has attacked the PP for its "cutback policies" prior to the pandemic, which caused "Spain to have 30,000 fewer health professionals than when the PSOE stopped governing Spain in 2011."

For this reason, he highlighted the importance of having "a free and universal public system", with health professionals equipped, prepared and with sufficient numbers to be able to face all the challenges".

Faced with the accusations of public spending made by the opposition regarding the Government, Sánchez has defended that public spending in Spain is between five and eight points lower than the European average and is below countries such as Germany, France or Nordic democracies, referring to opposition accusations that the government spends too much.

He has also had words about the controversy of macho shouting at the Colegio Mayor Elías Ahúja in Madrid, of which he has claimed to feel "outraged": "Sexism is not a tradition, it is an aberration. We need the support of women but, especially, of the men".

Regarding the statements of "some political leaders" on this issue, Sánchez has assured that "in terms of gender equality and the fight against machismo, there is a lot to do in Spain."

On the Law of Democratic Memory, the socialist leader has claimed that it is "a commitment of all the State Administrations and a vindication of the democratic heritage that the PSOE represents."

"It is a visualization of a luminous Spain, which is the republican Spain, of many people who wanted good for their country, of its progress and that was curtailed by the coup and the Franco dictatorship for 40 years," he added.