Santander (EFE).- María José Sáenz de Buruaga (PP) is already the first president of Cantabria after being sworn in this Monday in the second round of voting with the abstention of the PRC and the opposition of the PSOE and Vox.
Buruaga, who has had the support of the 15 popular deputies, the abstention of the 8 regionalists and with the refusal of the 8 of the PSOE and the 4 of Vox, has celebrated that after this day “it will cease to be news” that a woman leads the regional government.
The new president of Cantabria, who signed an investiture agreement with the PRC to govern alone, has warned Vox that it is “too early” to “contrary” by putting herself “side the PSOE and against the will for change of the Cantabrian society”.
The PRC has valued his “democratic loyalty” and has reaffirmed his respect for Revilla for having “dedicated his life to public service with passion” and for having given “a visibility and projection to this land that no one can deny him.”
“You have my gratitude as a Cantabrian and my recognition as a rival”, stressed Buruaga, who has promised good sense, seriousness, dialogue, work, honesty and the ability to reach “regional agreements” because “it is time to unite and overcome blocks and trenches ”. “I will continue to be María”, she has influenced.
“The greatest honor”
Buruaga’s objective is to lead “a moderate, sensible and calm change without revenge, without populism and without sectarianism.” “And I am going to do it with a Government for all Cantabrians that counts on everyone because I want to be the president of all of them,” she stressed.
With his electoral program based on “economy and good government at the service of the people”, Buruaga undertakes the greatest responsibility of his life.
“The greatest honor that a Cantabrian can receive: becoming president of the community, of the land that has seen him born and grow”, he added.
Revilla leaves the Presidency “with inner peace”
The outgoing president, Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC), has shown his “good wishes” for the Buruaga Presidency to be successful because “if he does it well we will all benefit” and has charged against Vox, which he has accused of “spreading hoaxes and fallacies about the honor of the PRC” and not “defend the autonomy” of Cantabria, which is why he has justified the abstention of his group to avoid his entry into the Executive.
He has also said that the PRC “is not afraid” of a commission of investigation in the Ministry of Public Works because “no one” from the party will appear and has insisted that this be demonstrated “in court.”
And he added that he leaves the Presidency “with inner peace” and an “extraordinary conscience”. “I’m looking forward to taking over the office, I’ve felt like a squatter for a month,” he said.
Vox denounces “lack of democratic spirit”
Leticia Díaz (Vox) has considered that the PP-PRC agreement shows a “lack of democratic spirit” for leaving him out of the Government and has doubted Buruaga’s “imposed negotiating spirit”, which he has demanded to give explanations for having chosen to have a “weak government”, instead of agreeing with it a coalition government.
Díaz regretted that Buruaga “rejected” that Parliament investigate the alleged case of corruption of an official of the Ministry of Public Works because “responsibility must be settled in an investigation commission.” “He has decided to look the other way”, he has ugly.
The PSOE promises “constructive and forceful opposition”
The general secretary of the PSOE of Cantabria, Pablo Zuloaga, has affirmed that he will make a “constructive but forceful opposition” and “firm” and has assured the PP that the socialists “will be here” to discuss whether this guarantees public services and prevents “the reverse equality policies”.
The PP parliamentary spokesman, Íñigo Fernández, has replied to Vox that in the round of negotiations the conditions for the investiture were the same for this party and for the PRC, because the popular ones were looking for a lone Executive and not a coalition. “You could have done the same. Refrain and facilitate the investiture ”, he lamented.
María José Sáenz de Buruaga will take office this Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. in the regional Parliament and it is expected that throughout this week the composition of its Executive will advance.