I have the privilege of having been born in a democracy, young in the late 80s, but one that excited the country. A policy of consensus, of agreements and, above all, with a common idea despite the diverse political forces that existed: the unity of Spain.
Now, in 2023, everything that was built is in danger. And it is in danger because of something as small as it is selfish, and it is nothing more than Pedro Sánchez's ambition to stay in power. To perpetuate himself in Moncloa despite losing the elections last July, and not only that, but reaching agreements with enemies of Spain and formations that intend to break this country, such as the Catalan independence parties.
And I do not question the need to reach agreements, because fortunately I belong to a party, such as the Popular Party, which has always been an example in dialogue and consensus with other political formations. But it has always done so under the protection of the law, our Constitution, and the basis of our democracy: the separation of powers. A question that seemed impenetrable, but Mr. Sánchez has no problem in crossing it and endangering the unity of the country.
Charles Louis Montesquieu said that "the law must be like death, which excepts no one." And it seems like just another quote from all those that the 17th century French writer and thinker left us, but now it takes on a capital meaning, because it seems that Pedro Sánchez either believes himself to be immune to the law, or we are facing death itself.
Because he agreed with Junts per Catalunya (a political party that should not be forgotten has a leader, Carles Puigdemont, who is a fugitive from justice who fled to Brussels to avoid complying with his crimes in Spain) to approve an Amnesty Law, which, broadly speaking and for everyone to understand, is a law that exempts all those convicted of the illegal referendum of 2017 from all their crimes. That is to say, they go over the judicial power and, by means of a decree, pardon the crimes.
This totally arbitrary decision of Mr. Sánchez is an authentic robbery of Spanish democracy, because he has trampled on the rights of more than 48 million Spaniards, and dynamited the separation of powers that was so difficult to have for just over four decades in Spain.
And things have to be said as they are, Pedro Sánchez wants to exercise, through this type of attitudes, the legislative, executive and judicial power, and a place where the president does that is called a dictatorship. There are reasons to start worrying, and a lot, about Mr. Sánchez's decisions.
And no, we are not alarmists, we are realists. Because if the Amnesty Law supposes a stoning to democracy, the agreement to forgive 15,000 million euros of debt to Catalonia is, without a doubt, an act of privileges towards an Autonomous Community and, therefore, an exercise of lack of respect and contempt towards the rest, among them the Canary Islands.
Because while he forgives millions and hands over the regional train network to Catalonia, here we are experiencing the biggest migratory crisis in history, with daily arrivals of boats full of irregular migrants and with resources far above their capacity. What has Mr. Sánchez done about this? Very simple: lament the situation and send planes to Senegal. Or what is the same: to laugh continuously at all the Canarians.
In the Canary Islands we suffer the geographical situation of an ultra-peripheral region, with an unprecedented migratory crisis, and with a debt on the part of the state of 4,400 million euros. That is what Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE have achieved with our land. And he did it when in the previous legislature they governed in the Government of the Canary Islands, in theory to "improve the lives of the Canarians", although what they did was to dig a deeper hole to put us in it.
I don't know how long this situation will continue, but this Sunday we already saw that Spain does not agree with these policies. The capitals and large cities were filled with flags of Spain and logos of the Popular Party, clamoring for a necessary and urgent change.
We do not need your policies Mr. Sánchez, we need to restore the political order of our country. Our democracy is not sold to anyone, and even less to perpetuate itself in power. Have decency and stop "whipping" all Spaniards.