The PSOE sues Podemos to correct its "verbal excesses" and describes as "rare" the times that both partners disagree

MADRID, 9 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Finance and Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE, María Jesús Montero, has asked Podemos to avoid raising the tone and correct its "verbal excesses" from the rostrum of Congress, after criticism by a deputy of the Socialists for tackling the reform alone of the law of 'only yes is yes'. At the same time, she has affirmed that the occasions in which the two government partners do not reach an agreement are "rare".

This is how María Jesús Montero considered it this Thursday in a veiled allusion to the attack that the Podemos deputy Lucía Muñoz made on Tuesday in the parliamentary debate on that reform, when she called the Socialists a "handful of fascists" for receiving the support of the PP.

"I think that there are times when the deputies get up on the rostrum of Congress and it seems that that podium encourages them to raise their tone or have verbal excesses," the minister described when asked in an interview on RNE, collected by Europa Press, on the continuity of the head of Equality, Irene Montero.

He has called for paying attention and "correcting" these excesses "to the extent possible", because Congress "should be a mirror" of good coexistence. Hence, for the person in charge of the Treasury, "beyond risque interventions", what is remarkable is that the Government "is conspired" to promote social measures in the face of the crises generated by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

María Jesús Montero has branded the discrepancy regarding the 'only yes is yes' as "specific", within the "rare occasions" in which PSOE and Podemos do not agree, and has indicated that there are still a few months left in the legislature, having --has assured-- more points that "unite" the coalition than differences.

"One is in a coalition government that is made up of different political formations, which on some occasions are rare, but it does happen, there is an issue that may not be shared between both formations," he justified.

The 'number two' of the PSOE has recalled that the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, has said "always" that the legislature is going to run out as there are "important" tasks to be done, such as the housing law or the promotion of execution of European funds, as you have listed.

"I see very clearly that we will be working very close to Christmas, exhausting until the month of December, until the last minute. We have tasks and we are going to address them," he concluded, adding that he would not be relieved if Podemos chose to leave the Government and indicating that they will finish the legislature, "without a doubt", "together".