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Valencia

Updated Friday, March 8, 2024-10:52

Not even 24 hours have passed since the pact between

PSOE

,

Junts

and

ERC

to protect the Amnesty law - and comply with

Carles Puigdemont

's demands - and the Government is already beginning to lower expectations regarding the approval of the

General State Budgets

(PGE). ).

If

Félix Bolaños

took for granted this Friday that the agreement with the independentists would accelerate the path to new accounts,

Óscar Puente

took the edge off an extension.

That is to say, the Government does not take for granted that there will be new budgets.

That stability for the rest of the legislature, in short, is guaranteed.

The Minister of Transport was blunt on the matter this Friday: "It would be good to draw up a budget because it sends a message of tranquility, but it is not a pressing issue for Spain."

Puente, at a Cadena SER meeting in Valencia, insisted that the 2023 accounts are good - "they allow us to continue working with European funds" - and he has by no means ruled out the scenario of an extension.

"My Ministry has a good budget and it is not a drama to work with an extension."

What's more, far from blaming the Government's partners for taking negotiations to the limit in

Congress

to force all types of concessions, he has pointed the accusing finger at the PP.

It is the main opposition party that he blames for the instability scenario: "Stability also depends on the opposition and this country has not had it since Pedro Sánchez won the motion of censure, because the attitude has been one of permanent questioning of its legitimacy".

Puente has regretted the strategy of "harassment and demolition" of Alberto Núñez Feijóo

's party

against the PSOE Executive and Sumar.

"This is not going to stop," he criticized her.

"It is a very bad situation for the country, when the relationship between PP and PSOE is essential and agreements are needed," according to the minister.

"If you ask me about stability, I am skeptical because the person who most has to facilitate it, which is the opposition, is not up for the job," he said.

The Minister of Transportation, whose department is in the eye of the hurricane due to the

Koldo case

and the hiring with the plot, has not avoided the issue either and has been very harsh with former minister José Luis Ábalos.

"Personally, I have experienced it with a lot of heartbreak because he is a person whom I have affection for and have respected a lot," he began, but to then make it clear that "there are people who are not up to the task of the party to which they belong and their history".

In this sense, he has not even ruled out more dismissals in his Ministry, after the departure of the former Secretary General of

State Ports

, Álvaro Sánchez.

According to Puente, "with the information we have now, the only dismissal that is justified is that" because, as the minister explained, he "failed to tell the truth in the narration of the events."

Puertos del Estado, in fact, was the first entity that contracted with the Koldo case plot to obtain masks at the worst moment of the pandemic.

Now, "the rest will be seen," Puente warned.

"I have been in the Ministry for three months and I have no connection with the events or personal connection with those who are still in any position today."

A final message, therefore, to sailors: "If the investigations lead me to the conclusion that they do not deserve trust, they will be terminated."