And in the end, as he saw himself coming, Pedro Sánchez announced yesterday the complete lock on "non-essential" activity in Spain, a measure so drastic that it already leaves the Government without any bullet in the bedroom. Our country will suffer in the next 15 days the toughest containment measures approved by any country , confirming that unfortunately the coronavirus crisis is far from being under control. The shocking numbers of infected and victims -5,690 deceased until yesterday- place us in a dramatic scenario. And, surpassed, Sánchez now claims the Spaniards an impressive overstrain, which will mean the practical paralysis of the country , with a devastating impact on the economy , largely as a consequence of the erratic management that the Executive has done of the pandemic since weeks ago, including the 15 days we have been in alarm , without having taken the appropriate decisions at all times. Arriving at this point condemns us to an almost certain economic crisis superimposed on the sanitary one, as Antonio Garamendi , president of the CEOE, warned on our pages, and it is not even clear that two weeks of bolting will be enough to reverse such a desperate situation. . Moncloa pulls by elevation, and just as on Friday it decreed the prohibition of layoffs, which will probably result in the end in greater destruction of business and jobs, now it promises a "recoverable paid leave" without the concert of the social agents and diffuse application . Neither dismissal nor activity is permitted; that is, maintaining expenses without income, which inexorably leads to a dead end.

It is already well known that inaction until 8-M has aggravated things in a terrible way. But it is that in the two weeks in which the Government has had exceptional powers, it is not acting effectively either. The Executive, more prone to emptying the State of powers, when decreeing the state of alarm opted for a strong centralization in the acquisition and distribution of protection material , to speak of one of the most sensitive aspects of crisis management. And this has been settled with a very serious failure . Of course, a single command was needed to deal with the pandemic, but it had to be accompanied by flexibility in protocols and maximum coordination with the autonomous communities , because since the decentralization of health management was completed in 2001, the Ministry of the sector has not Neither specialized personnel nor experience for certain responsibilities.

The chaos in the Ministry of Health is being solved with the shortages in hospitals and with regrettable fiascos such as that of the more than 50,000 useless rapid tests that the Government has had to return to a Chinese company without an official license, in which however continue to trust what seems the fruit of utter despair. "There are many intermediaries who present themselves, they offer us bargains and then obviously it turns out that they are not bargains," said the foreign minister, revealing how far the government is moving like a chicken without a head.

Very valuable time has been lost. And Sánchez cannot ask for blind faith in him when he continues without assuming any responsibility for so many errors and we do not know what is the strategy of the supposed experts who treasure him. Citizens need some light. And this latch adds a lot more uncertainty. The Government must fine-tune very well what this almost total cessation of activity means. And it is not enough to refer in a vague way that "essential services" will be insured. The press , without going any further, is, as the president admitted yesterday in his appearance. But for this to reach the citizen, it is necessary to guarantee the work in the rotary presses, the transport or the opening of kiosks, for example. We trust the highest responsibility of the Council of Ministers, we all risk a lot on it.

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