Feijóo exhibits the "unity" of Aznar and Rajoy after a decade: "And now it's time to unite Spain"

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A murmur of expectation reverberated through the whale skeleton that makes up the walls of

while, below, tourists rowed oblivious in the little boats in the pond.

The entry of Alberto Núñez Feijóo together with José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy consummated, at 6:36 p.m., the image of "unity" in the PP.

The photo -so sought after and so celebrated by Genoa- had a high symbolic value, since it had been more than a decade since the last time the two former

presidents participated together in a political act of the party.

And in this act they have even dedicated carantoñas and dithyrambs.

Aznar has called Rajoy "dear friend and colleague from so many battles and so many years", and he reciprocated by thanking him for having appointed him minister five times, agreeing with everything he had said just before him and going so far as to say that he It has been "one of the best acts of the party, if not the best", in which he has "ever" been.

In other words, in the four decades of his membership.

That image ("brutal", they described it in Feijóo's team) marked the high point of the PP Intermunicipal Union, which is being held this weekend in the Valencian capital as a pre-election springboard for Feijóo, but also for the regional candidate , Carlos Mazón, and for the head of the local list, María José Català.

With the assistance of

, barons and

officials , the act marks the starting signal for the electoral campaign, with the entire party placed in a turtle formation around Feijóo, the ranks tight.

Feijóo has capitalized point-blank on the symbolism of the act, aware of the resonance that the confluence of Aznar and Rajoy around his leadership has for the center-right bases: "I just want to thank you for both of us being here together."

"That is, all together", he has metaphorized it, implying that a stage is thus closed.

For Feijóo, Aznar and Rajoy "are an example of the ability to bring together the entire party."

"They are an example that Spain can always count, and more so in moments of difficulty like this, with an instrument for Spain" such as the PP, which is "a party that is united", has been praised.

Rajoy has synthesized the same central idea of ​​the act in an even more direct way: "It is unity that has allowed us to have our great victories. Unity is our strength. And today the PP shows itself united before the next electoral appointment. United around our leader, around Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who is the best".

And that unity will serve, in the words of Aznar, so that "Feijóo begins the virtuous cycle that Spain needs."

"The change in Spain is to recover normality, return seriousness, return Spain to the majority of Spaniards who are not in extremes, neither in extravagance nor in disloyalty to Spain!" He exclaimed.

Feijóo has also harangued his people, precisely so that they "rescue the legacy" of Aznar and Rajoy.

"We are all united and now it is time for the next step, to unite our country again. We are going to lead Spain tired of the policy of blocks, signaling and frontism. We are going to unite the majority", proclaimed the leader of the main opposition party.

"The PP is today as I like to see it, as an excited and excited party", as in 1996 and 2011, he added.

"Ridiculous redoubt of separatism"

Of the three, the speech with the most political background was that of Aznar, who began by saying that "Valencia does not have to be the ridiculous redoubt of separatism, but part of a great Spain."

The main message that the President of the Government wanted to convey between 1996 and 2004 was that "the Socialist Party is not running in these elections."

"What is presented under the guise of the Socialist Party is the negative coalition of populists, extreme left, pro-independence, former terrorists... and all having in common that they are willing to continue there at any price," he added.

For the president of

, the PSOE is now a copy "of papier-mâché" that is "at the service of those who want to put an end to Spain."

"Sánchez is not the candidate of the Socialist Party either, but the head of a radical front that seeks pacts with the secessionists, pacts with which they have not condemned a single terrorist crime and pacts with which they say over and over again that they want to put an end to the Constitution", has attacked.

Criticism of the 'yes is yes' Law

Both the former presidents and, before, Cuca Gamarra or Fernando López Miras, have harshly criticized the negative effects of the Law of

.

"How long are we going to have to put up with the feminist elections that they want to give us?" Aznar made ugly.

"We are at a moment that is a vital existential crossroads for Spain, which is in the wrong direction and we have to change it urgently," he added.

"We are not willing to call into question the historical continuity of Spain. The Spanish nation, its sovereignty, its integrity and its historical continuity have not been broken or anyone is going to break it, and whoever tries it has to abide by the consequences of the law!", has proclaimed under a loud ovation.

"Change consists of an attractive Spain, capable of calling everyone who is here, those who are outside of here, those who want to make the country grow, prosper and be strong", Aznar summarized.

"The change in Spain is to improve the nation, not destroy the nation," he lamented.

For this reason, he has opined, "everyone's responsibility is to support Alberto Núñez Feijóo without reservations and without fissures."

Finally, Aznar has veiledly criticized Vox and has asked not to enter its framework: "We must let others try to win something in anger and anger."

Rajoy has assured that the Spanish are tired of the "polarization of the populists".

"It is very dangerous to single out private citizens with names and surnames from power, whether they are businessmen or not, whether they are famous journalists or not," he has ugly.

"I do not remember a stage like this in Spain in which polarization pervades everything and I do not remember a single government that made tension and division a political strategy," he criticized.

But Rajoy wanted to end with a message of "optimism": "When the government looks like an opposition and the opposition looks like a government, change is already unstoppable."

Rajoy has released a veiled blow to the great absentee of the act, Pablo Casado, who has not been invited because today they were going to talk about "management".

"Feijóo has not confused the concept of political renewal with that of youth, nor political change with inexperience, but he has sought out the best".

People want to "open the windows" of La Moncloa and let fresh air in, according to Rajoy.

"This is about Frankenstein or the PP. From ERC and Bildu or the PP. And there is no more", he added.

At the end of the act, as Aznar had requested, the anthem of the Valencian Community was played.

At full volume.

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