The spokesperson for the PSPV in the Corts, Manolo Mata, has indicated this Tuesday that after the abdication of King Emeritus Juan Carlos I with his departure from Spain now due to the latest information with alleged donations from Saudi Arabia not declared to the Treasury “there is an unfortunate episode” that “is not being the best for the institution “, although he has stressed:” fortunately Spain is much more solid than its leaders. “
Mata, before the plenary session of the Corts, has commented on the matter that monarchies usually end with the death of the king, but that in Spain there has been “the unusual case” that the king abdicates because he was in a “very complicated, among other things because his son-in-law was in prison and also information was appearing that did not favor the monarchy or the Spanish state at all. “
“This second step is a regrettable episode, the emeritus king decides to go live outside Spain and the Spanish justice will continue along the path that it has to follow,” said the socialist Catalan Ombudsman. In this regard, he commented that “it is very good that he has clarified at the last minute that he will come whenever the Prosecutor’s Office calls him if he is charged with the alleged commission of crimes because that is how the rule of law works.” “Although it is necessary to make historical balances this end of the figure of Juan Carlos I is not being the best for the institution,” he added.
For her part, the deputy of Commitment, Aitana Mas, has indicated that the departure of the emeritus king is “a shame” because, in his opinion, “he should have stayed to attend the Justice, answer all the questions that are asked and render accounts and then return the money if it really tells me that he has responsibilities. “
Therefore, he added, what he has done is “a flight forward, leaving us helpless in the middle of the pandemic and in a situation of serious economic crisis and doing a disservice to the monarchy.” “It makes us rethink what model of State we want from now on,” he pointed out.
Similarly, the spokeswoman for Yes, Naiara DavóHe added that it is “an unworthy behavior for those who have been a head of state that also leaves the monarchy in a very compromised situation.” “What we have clear is that the Spain of the XXI century any person must render accounts before the Justice and, therefore, should return and be at the disposal of the institutions of democracy and citizenship,” he added.
Meanwhile, the spokesmen of the PP, CS and Vox have stressed that the monarchy is “a model institution” that represents “the stability and unity” of Spain and have lamented the attempts to “harass and demolish” this figure “pillar of the nation”.
Thus, the president and trustee of the PPCV, Isabel Bonig, has indicated that he has provided “all the support” of his party to the monarchical institution and to King Felipe VI and has asked the Government to “cease the actions of harassment and demolition not only against the people of Felipe VI but above all to the institution represents”. In this regard, he pointed out that the monarchy “that is how all Spaniards wanted it, because it gives the unity of the Spanish people, gives stability and has done so many services” and has warned that “attacking the institution is attacking a fundamental pillar of construction of the Spanish nation “.
Bonig has pointed out that the departure of the emeritus king is “a tough and complicated decision” and in that sense he has transferred his “recognition, support and sympathy” to King Felipe VI in “this hard and bitter drink.”
For his part, the spokesperson for Citizens in the Corts, Toni Cantó, has shown its appreciation for the figure of the King, who has been “an exemplary figure without whom the transition cannot be explained.” In the same way, it has emphasized its recognition of the Spanish monarchy, because it is “a model institution” and an institution that “among other things has guaranteed the freedom and modernity of this country by stopping two coups d’état”.
Similarly, the president and deputy spokesperson of the Parliamentary Group VOX Valencian Community, Jose Maria LlanosIt has been recalled that the king emeritus had already been away from institutional activity for some time and that his departure “is nothing more than a personal decision, but that it is still at the disposal of the public prosecutor.” “The emeritus king does not matter to this government, what they care about is ending Felipe VI, who is the head of the State, our parliamentary and constitutional monarchy that has given stability to our nation,” he said.
In the same way, he stated that he wants to “divert attention from the real problems that Spain now has, such as the brutal fall in GDP, and thus neither does the Valencian Community speak of the outbreaks of the coronavirus or the mismanagement of this pandemic that the Botànic is carrying out “.
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