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"You said that we are at war against him, but in wars governments do not send soldiers to the front without a helmet, without a vest and without ammunition. And in this war, our health professionals are fighting without a mask, without protective equipment and without respirators to save lives. "

Pablo Casado has focused his reproaches on Pedro Sánchez, during the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies on Wednesday, in his management of the coronavirus health crisis. Since, in his opinion, the Government "is not responding to the height" of the efforts of the citizens.

"Spain is the first country in the world in infectious diseases. 14% of the total, up to 5,400 cases. Only in the last 24 hours another 1,500 have been infected," he exemplified. It was then when he made a harsh direct accusation at the President of the Executive and the person ultimately responsible for the single command: "What you cannot do is leave them to their fate."

Casado has demanded that Sánchez apologize for "encouraging hundreds of thousands of people to massively demonstrate on 8-M". "But you have not yet recognized him or asked for forgiveness for such gross negligence," he snapped.

"If it was a mistake to delay the measures against the virus for ideological reasons, it would be even worse to apply them to try to get out of its consequences," said the PP president. "We will have time to ask for responsibilities, we will not do it now," he conceded.

"If you ask us for unity, don't break it"

"I am being the head of the opposition that you were not," he has reproached Pedro Sánchez. "We organized 25 demonstrations calling us murderers for sacrificing the dog of the only Ebola-infected one that ended up being cured," he has ruined. "If they ask for unity, don't break it," he asked.

The opposition leader has stressed that his party is going to approve the decree of the state of alarm for "loyalty", without even presenting amendments. "Not because it is not improvable, which it is, and much, but because it has already far exceeded its constitutional figure" and has become rather "a disguised state of emergency."

In a forceful tone, of "mourning" and "mourning", Casado wanted to address Sánchez "not as a politician, but as the father of two children who have been confined at home for two weeks, as a friend of two deceased and dozens of patients for the Covid-19 "and as" grandson, son, and brother of six doctors. "

For this reason, Casado has proposed that "the official flags fly at half-staff while this pandemic lasts," and a state funeral and a monument in the center of Madrid.

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