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The vice-president of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Aguado, of Ciudadanos (Cs), has issued a warning to the autonomous president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, of the PP, after he slipped the possibility of dismissals if it is shown that there were "negligence" in the management of the coronavirus crisis in nursing homes. "Each party elects and appoints its advisers," the orange leader has sentenced .

Tensions between the two partners of the Puerta del Sol coalition government have been dormant since the start of the Covid-19 health emergency in the region. As an example, to date they have not co-starred in a single public act to offer an image of unity, but from the subtleties they have now become direct reproaches.

Díaz Ayuso verbalized for the first time on Sunday at a press conference the possibility that the crisis could lead to dismissals of high-ranking officials. "If it is shown that there may have been negligence, measures will be taken, I have no problem in stopping, but if we have the certainties," the Madrid president replied in an implicit allusion to the Minister of Social Policies, Alberto Reyero, member of the two-color Executive for the quota of Cs, on whom the powers of the residences depended until she precisely handed over the sole command to Health.

In defense of his partner, Aguado came out on Monday in an interview on Cadena Ser, in which he assured that both the members of the government appointed by his party and those of the PP are doing "a formidable job" and "are leaving the skin . " As he argues, the priority now should be to reduce the death toll from the virus and only "in a few months" will it be necessary to "recapitulate" to see "who was confused and what was done wrong, good or regular".

"This Government is built on a political agreement that makes it very clear what each person's powers and responsibilities are and that decision [a possible dismissal] is not on the table today and neither is it the president's responsibility as long as each party elects and appoints its directors, "said the vice president.

For administrative purposes, Diaz Ayuso is the only one who has the power to appoint or remove the members of its Executive. However, the unwritten rule of the coalitions maintains that each party that composes it proposes those responsible to assume their portfolios and in fact this was done without objection on the part of either partner when the Sun leadership was established last month of August.

Since March 8, 837 cases of deaths in residences in the Community of Madrid have been confirmed by Covid-19 and another 4,435 older people who have died with symptoms, but without having been tested. Health has informed this Monday of the intervention in 144 centers, 30% of the total in the region, with 57 on-site health teams.

Children on the street

Despite all this, the high mortality of cornflowers due to the coronavirus was not the only controversy between partners during this crisis. Díaz Ayuso also rejected, based on epidemiological reasons, Aguado's proposal so that children can go out into the street with limitations as of April 26, a measure that only three days later was approved by the central government.

"In the end, common sense has triumphed," said the Madrid president, asked about easing the confinement of minors. In that same interview, he dropped that even the PP president, Pablo Casado, was in favor of a proposal that the autonomous leader, member of her own party, rejected.

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