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The blue bench, almost deserted. Every Wednesday, the members of the Government go to the Congress to answer the questions of the opposition, in a session that takes the name of “Session of control”. Today absent Pedro Sanchez Due to his visit to the UN, no other sixteen ministers have come forward.
The image spoke for itself: at nine in the morning, Nadia Calvin, the highest representative of the Executive, was alone in the row of seats usually occupied by the highest-ranking rulers.
The non-appearance of the ministers has been criticized by opposition groups, who have pointed this out in several of their speeches. The regulation works as follows: the Government has the power to decide who answers the questions posed by the opposition.
The opposition, of course, chooses who to ask and does so in writing. Beforehand. Then, Moncloa, as long as it does so twenty-four hours in advance, can communicate the absence of the minister in question.
The shocking of this Wednesday has had to do with that absence in a domino effect. Not only has Sánchez been absent due to scheduling reasons, but also Yolanda Diaz –Second Vice President–, Teresa Ribera –Third Vice President–, Margaret Robles –Minister of Defense–, Pilar Llop –Minister of Justice –… and a long list of etceteras, up to the … 16 absent ministers out of a total of 22! 17 if the Prime Minister himself is counted.
Calviño, Bolaños and the spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, have been the highest representatives of the Executive in this control session. In the opposition, they have not been Pablo Casado –Visiting La Palma– or Teodoro Garcia Egea, who has not been able to maintain his traditional face to face with Yolanda Díaz.
In this sense, it rains when it is wet, taking into account that, as revealed by EL ESPAÑOL, the Constitutional Court’s presentation on the second State of Alarm found that the control of the Government was violated during that period.
The few ministers present this Wednesday in Parliament have followed the same slogan: tighten the Popular Party due to the lack of agreement on the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).
Félix Bolaños, Minister of the Presidency, has referred to those of Pablo Casado thus: “You are the conflict and we are the dialogue.” TO Ivan Espinosa de los Monteros, from Vox, has come to offer “a date in a park”, which has been declined “kindly”.
Macarena Olona, who had planned to ask Yolanda Díaz, had to ask her question to Isabel Rodríguez –the spokesperson–, due to the absence of the second vice president. He has done it this way: “17 members of the Government evade their obligation. Aren’t they ashamed to insult the Chamber like this? They are in permanent democratic rebellion.”
Olona then accused Díaz of “worrying more about his style” than about “reopening the Sepe offices.” Rodríguez, in defense of his partner, has compared Vox with “the radical independentistas” and I have accused them of “denigrating the institutions.”
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