«The socialists after almost six years in the Government of Spain, before the only case of corruption we have hadDo you know what we have done? Respond immediately, take action immediately. This is how the leader of the PSOE in the Basque Country spoke this Sunday at a pre-campaign rally, Eneko Anduezarecognizing the corruption plot of the Koldo case that affects your game. And he has done it ignoring another notorious case of corruption of the It was Sánchez, that of Tito Berni, whose epicenter was the Congress of Deputies, which also affected the Government of the Canary Islands and where there was also a network of businessmen and bites.
Furthermore, the socialist candidate for priority has referred to the former minister and former secretary of Organization of the PSOE José Luis Ábalos as the ringleader of the plot. Thus, he has said that what he has done has also been to “demand the minutes “to the political person responsible for that corruption case”, Andueza emphasized about Ferraz's response. “We have acted forcefully, we have acted as the citizens of this country demanded of us,” he added at a meeting in Bilbao with members of the PSOE candidacy for Vizcaya in the next Basque elections, scheduled for Sunday, April 21.
Likewise, Andueza has alluded to the presence in the capital of Biscay of the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóoon Saturday, and criticized him for demanding the leader of the PSOE and president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to “stand up” for the Koldo case, the plot to collect commissions on the purchase of masks during the pandemic that directly targets Moncloa and reaches several ministries. According to Andueza, Feijóo “did not come to talk about what interests the Basques,” but “to do the only thing he knows how to do, defame, offend, slander».
Along with this, Andueza has said that the PP of Feijóo and Javier de Andrés “the only thing it knows how to do is kick, insult, launch hoaxes, entangle and make fanatical opposition to the Government of Spain.”
Looking ahead to these weeks until the appointment with the polls, the socialist candidate has asked his people to ignore those who “want to sell that the elections are a matter of two and “The future is going to be debated among nationalists”. «There is another way, ours, the socialist one, which we have and we are going to defend. Because we know that she is, by far, the best for the Basques, the only one who cares about addressing their real problems and providing solutions, without false promises,” she said.
Despite governing with the nationalists in the Basque Government and being a partner of the pro-ETA members at the national level, the socialist candidate for the Presidency has charged against PNV and EH Collect, of whom he has said that they are “engaged” in their aspirations for independence. Thus, he has regretted that they are “entertained” in demonstrating who is more sovereign. «They are not focused on debates to improve health, housing, education, or security. And we, meanwhile, are the only party that is making concrete proposals for the Basques,” he noted.
«Faced with all these options, there is the Socialist Party of Euskadi. We do know who we are, where we come from, where we are and where we are going. We are the truly useful left. We are a safe bet, backed by the management where we have been. We are a party of words, which does what it says. We are a guarantee of stability. We are a guarantee of progress, of transformation,” Andueza has argued, ignoring corruption here.
The PNV, to the rescue of Sánchez
On the other hand, and also in relation to the Koldo case, the president of the EBB of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzarhe stated in an interview in The mail that their formation does not plan to let its partners fall. Asked if he is not worried that, “with what is falling, the Sánchez Government will lose its footing sooner than expected,” Ortuzar answered that going to new general elections “is not going to bring a better future for Euskadi.”
For this reason, he has assured that the Basque nationalists, who have five key seats in the Congress of Deputies, “We are not going to be active agents to precipitate this scenario”. «No one expects that behavior from the PNV. But that also requires that the PSOE make the members feel comfortable and comply with the agreements. “We have to talk about government action, the Budgets, the amnesty law, the commitment to self-government and European funds,” Ortuzar said at a time when a possible motion of censure It is also part of the political debate.