New evidence is emerging every time that Pedro Sánchez has been representing a farce since the results of the April 28 elections were made public. Then, when he found that it would be very difficult for him to govern with only 123 seats, he already decided that the Spaniards would have to be given another chance to rectify their vote . As we publish today, members of the Government are seeking, through the State Advocacy, a legal formula that would allow it to approve by decree law - the abusive way of governing that it adopted since arriving in La Moncloa -, a rise in pensions and salary of officials that coincided with the 10-N campaign .

While it suffocates the Autonomous Communities with the argument that, while on duty, it cannot advance the budgetary items that they claim to face payment to suppliers and finance basic services, it has been looking for a legal loophole to relocate the Council of Ministers for weeks at the service of its propaganda interests, as it came during electoral Fridays (badly called social Fridays ). The contempt for state institutions has come this time not only to disregard their responsibility to seek agreements with the rest of the political forces, as was their obligation as the most voted party, but to ignore King's advice to seek formulas to avoid summon to the polls again and end the long period of instability. However, although he was already preparing for the new scenario, on leaving his meeting with Felipe VI he came to affirm that he had done everything possible to seek an agreement, "but they have made it impossible for us."

In this case, the recklessness joins the recklessness, since the main financial organizations are warning about the risks of an impending economic recession , which discourages increasing public spending and continuing to increase the deficit. At the board of directors held on Wednesday, the CEOE warned that the economic slowdown is being hampered by the increase in political uncertainty and the paralysis of reforms. For its part, the OECD yesterday revised downward the global growth prospects to its lowest level since the financial crisis, due, among other reasons, to the trade war between China and the US. Finally, large investment banks such as UBS or Bank of America have indicated that the political inability to create government coalitions puts Spain in a situation of vulnerability to threats such as Brexit or the worsening of geopolitical tensions. It is absolutely irresponsible, with these economic perspectives, to propose the increase of pensions and public salaries to try to obtain electoral sympathies in these groups at the cost of the stability and sustainability of our economy.

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