The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has mistakenly called the ERC spokesman, Gabriel Rufián, in the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies, with the name of the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, something that Sánchez himself has described with laughter as an “unforgivable slip”.
The confusion took place during the control session with the Government, in Sánchez’s turn to speak just after the question asked by Rufián, who in turn addressed the President of the Government after the question raised by Abascal.
Sánchez expresses the desire to “clarify” the alleged espionage against independentistas in a “transparent” way and Rufián says that “if they ordered it, it is terribly serious, but if they did not order it, it is more terribly serious because it would mean that they have not cleaned the sewers.” pic.twitter.com/kmiNaHjaSQ
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“Mr. Abascal, rather, Mr. Rufián, excuse me,” Sánchez commented with a laugh, while the spokesman for CKD he made hand gestures to express that he accepted the apology hoping that it would not happen again.
Sánchez has recognized that his mistake “has been an unforgivable lapse” amid more laughter and applause from Socialist deputies.
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“There are lapses, Your Honor, unforgivable, and this is it, Mr. Ruffian”the President of the Government has insisted.
“Mr. President, that they spy on me is fine, but that Abascal calls me already annoys me,” Rufián replied with irony, who precisely asked if the Government intends to investigate the case of alleged espionage on pro-independence politicians.