Mallorca: Rufián wants PSOE to bow to sovereignist left

Palma, Mallorca: Gabriel Rufián wants a PSOE government to answer to the sovereignist left after Spain’s 29 November general election. He makes the call on 13 November at an Ara Més-Front Ampli campaign event in the courtyard of CEIP Son Oliva. The lead congressional candidate for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) says he would like a Spanish left-wing party to win, but sees this as the more realistic way to change things.

Rufián praises an agreement among left-wing parties, including in the Balearic Islands. He says the sovereignist parties — those seeking greater self-rule — have made a historic gesture of solidarity. Ara Més-Front Ampli candidates Carme Gomila and Lucía Muñoz attend the event, along with Podemos candidate Irene Montero.

He also sketches a possible government formed by the People’s Party (PP) and Vox, imagining Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as ministers. With 210 seats in Congress, he warns, such a government could change the constitution. He claims it could threaten public pensions, education and healthcare, and outlaw and jail some of its opponents.

Housing is Spain’s biggest problem, Rufián argues. Strong economic figures count for little, he says, if people must live in cramped homes or single rooms. He calls for bans on property speculation and the accumulation of homes, saying that building more will not be enough unless speculation stops.

Topics: Housing · Politics · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com