In an exercise of absolute institutional irresponsibility that shows the null vision of the State and the lack of commitment of Pedro Sánchez to combat what he himself called "the worst health crisis of the century", the President of the Government resigned yesterday to exercise the functions of coordination and political leadership in the response to the second wave of the pandemic , which has made Spain the most affected country in all of Europe in terms of the number of new infections. The demands of most of the autonomous communities have been of no use, which have been demanding for weeks that the Government articulate a catalog of homogeneous measures and protocols that serves as a general orientation and is mandatory throughout the territory.

But once again, the virus has gone ahead of the Executive, which in this case cannot claim ignorance. On July 23, while Fernando Simón was surfing in Portugal , Dr. María José Sierra appeared in Moncloa to warn about the seriousness of the situation: "It may already be a second wave, that's the least of it. The most important thing is to continue what is happening, see where to take action [and] take them early. " His words, however, were ignored by a government that chose to go on vacation , wasting precious time in which it could have prepared not to make the same mistakes as in March. After the state of alarm, which in many moments seemed a disguised state of exception, the Government ignored everything and delegated its obligations to the CCAA , something that it ratified yesterday, concealing its resignation from functions under the appearance of a "co-governance" that did not it is but an administrative and sanitary chaos with unforeseeable economic consequences, since the communities lack the necessary legal coverage to carry out measures as apparently simple as the ban on smoking on the terraces. Refusing to use the General Sanitary Law, Civil Protection and National Security, Sánchez had the idea of ​​proposing that each autonomy request the state of alarm in its territory, making use of a constitutional exceptionality that is difficult to apply, since it would have to go through Parliament.

There is no doubt that Sánchez has wanted, on the one hand, to avoid the wear and tear that crisis management entails, transferring it to the regional Health Councils; not upset with a new single command its nationalist partners from the Basque Country and Catalonia, on whom it depends to approve the Budgets ; and finally, invoking the unity of all political forces, guaranteeing that the PP agrees to renew institutional positions - especially judicial ones - and commits itself to "country" Budgets that will surely bear the stamp of the United Nations. We can.

It is not the first time that Sánchez has put his private interests before the generals, but only an unscrupulous politician is capable of washing his hands in a crisis that threatens the health and lives of so many Spaniards.

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