• Central Electoral Board. Pedro Sánchez defends himself after being expedited by the electoral use of Moncloa: "It has always been done"
  • 10-N. The Electoral Board records Pedro Sánchez for his electoral use of La Moncloa

Pablo Casado hopes "that Spanish society has sufficient maturity" to punish Pedro Sánchez for the electoral use of La Moncloa that has been accredited by the Central Electoral Board (JEC). "He is going doped to the elections, as we have seen with his interviews or with social Fridays," he said. For the president of the PP, it is "very serious and unpublished" the file opened by the Board, the first that a president of the Executive has been initiated since the creation, in 1977, of the body that arbitrates the electoral periods.

"Who instrumentalizes institutions and public resources does not deserve to be victorious, and what he is doing on the part of the Government is offensive to the country's institutionality," added Casado. "Never before has a government used the Courts for such bulky commitments" in the election period; "Never before has a Government used the Permanent Deputation , the CIS, RTVE and the Council of Ministers to campaign," he stressed. This is something "unusual," and that is why "Sánchez is not a reliable person," he said.

At a ABC Forum breakfast, the popular candidate has criticized the PSOE, Podemos and Más País, assuring that, "as the JEC has condemned them for rallies [in La Moncloa ] and other parties for advertising paid in networks, they try muddy the game. " He has referred to the accusations that the PP is behind the campaign to demobilize the vote in some neighborhoods with a higher percentage of the left.

"What I want is for everyone to vote. This party plays fair and we are trying to make a positive campaign," said Casado, who has acknowledged that he will resign if he takes a seat less than April 28, has Sanchez asked to do the same if he fails to match the level of 123 deputies he obtained six months ago.

On the crisis in Catalonia, the president of the PP has lamented that this autonomy "has broken into a thousand pieces and now we have to rebuild it." "I pledge myself as President of the Government to be once a week in Catalonia," he announced. "We cannot have a government whose legs tremble when it comes to fighting the violent in Catalonia, and that depends on Torra to govern," he emphasized.

"What is this about the president leaving Catalonia an hour after arriving and leaving a hospital with long-armed escorts and the window down?" He asked. "We are not at the time of Medellin , in which politicians have to go with weapons," he replied. What happens in Catalonia, in his opinion, is "the Government is overstepped and is losing its judgment against independence ... because it is due to independence." "Any Spaniard who is concerned with Catalonia cannot trust someone who is handcuffed" and who allows "universities to be a cultivation field for nationalism."

Lastly, Casado has asked for the union of the center-right vote: "There is no difference [between PP, Cs and Vox] that deserves to be defended if Sanchez continues to govern, and nobody would understand that by a partisan interest of parties that are in the center or on the right, we end up celebrating a victory of the PSOE ". The PP candidate did not want to answer if he wants Santiago Abascal to enter his government, but he recalled that Vox refuses.

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