The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, has defended the general strike for housing called for this Wednesday and has expressed his conviction that the PSOE will once again exceed electoral forecasts. "We love to defeat the polls. We are specialists," he stated this Tuesday from Mula, in the Region of Murcia.
López has expressed his "maximum and absolute respect" for the 11N call and has reminded that striking is "a constitutional right." In his opinion, those who decide to support it will be defending "a better world," with fair wages, public healthcare and education, and the right to housing. Asked about his plans for tomorrow, he replied that his intention is to "respect this strike," without specifying whether he will stop working.
The also Secretary General of the PSOE of Madrid has reacted to the words of the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who explained that she asked Alberto Núñez Feijóo to end "union garbage" if he reaches La Moncloa. López considered it "truly incredible" that a regional president would allow herself to use that term against unions. Ayuso, for her part, said she recognizes union rights and rejects what she considers abuses.
This Wednesday's protest is called by CCOO, UGT, the Confederation of Tenant Unions, and other organizations to demand solutions to the housing crisis, wage improvements, and public services. It will be the first nationwide general strike supported by the majority unions since 2012.
The PSOE looks at the results obtained on 23J and trusts to govern again
At the socialist assembly in Mula, held to support the candidate for Congress for Murcia, María González Veracruz, López recalled the 2023 general elections, when he was Chief of Staff for Pedro Sánchez. The PP won those elections, but Feijóo's investiture failed, and the PSOE managed to form a coalition government with Sumar and the support of other parliamentary forces.
"I remember Mr. Feijóo distributing ministries well; he was left wanting," said the minister, who believes that the popular leader "will experience the same thing" on 29N. López assured that the socialists are "even stronger" than then and declared himself "absolutely convinced" that there will continue to be "a progressive government."
The polls draw, for now, an open struggle with an advantage for the right in the distribution of seats. The 40dB. survey published on Monday places the PP at 31.9% and the PSOE at 29.9%. The projection grants the popular party and the far-right Vox a joint absolute majority, although there are almost three weeks of campaigning left until the vote.
Asked about the possible electoral effect of the Urda railway accident, López responded that his main concern is the victims and their families, with whom he called for "more empathy." The minister recalled the aid approved for those affected and the creation this Tuesday of the Defender of Victims of Collective Transport Accidents, in charge of coordinating their care and that of their families.
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