Toledo (EFE)
In an act held at the Fuensalida Palace in Toledo, headquarters of the Presidency of the regional Government, García-Page was sworn in before the Spanish Constitution, an oath for which the Magna Carta kept by the Castilla-La Cortes has been used. Stain.
Before the oath was sworn in, the Royal Decree declaring the appointment of García-Page as president of Castilla-La Mancha was read, and this same Saturday it was published in the Official State Gazette and in the Official Gazette of Castilla -La Mancha, after the investiture session that was held in Parliament on July 5 and 6.
Among the attendees were the First Vice President of the Government, Nadia Calviño; the Minister for Territorial Policy and spokesperson for the Executive, Isabel Rodríguez, and the presidents of Castilla y León and Asturias, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco and Adrián Barbón, respectively.
After being sworn in, he expressed his commitment to the autonomous community for the next four years, a period in which he stressed that the region will be able to enjoy institutional stability and certainty, to “continue growing without sectarianism.”
“I am happy to be able to spend four more years at the service of my country, from here, because what we can say here is also important”, García-Page highlighted.
He affirms that the State of Autonomies is not “17 pieces”
In this way, he has emphasized the role of the autonomous communities, since he has underlined the State of Autonomies “it is not 17 pieces, but it is a refined, diversified, enriched unit”.
Thus, he has considered that Castilla-La Mancha and also the autonomous communities whose presidents have accompanied him at the event this Saturday, are “faithful to the spirit” of the 1978 Constitution and have “a role to play.”
Specifically, it has considered that this role consists in not establishing bilateral debates between the State and an autonomous community, since it has defended that popular sovereignty resides in all Spanish citizens
Stresses that the autonomies “cannot cut up Taxation”
For this reason, García-Page has claimed that the autonomies “cannot cut Taxation into pieces”, since its task is to “amplify the virtues and advantages that Spain has: its plurality and diversity, getting the most out of it”, he added.
For the president of Castilla-La Mancha, the autonomous communities have acted as “accelerators” of essential services such as health or education.
And he has wondered how many of them would not be at the current level of development if they had not put “17 horses to run in the same race, even with healthy competition”.
In turn, he has defended management focused on “grow and share”; that is, to generate wealth in the region to share it and thus be able to “strengthen” health, education or dependency and to be able to face the challenges that arise.
“The only thing we can do is help push, create a climate to create wealth and, above all, share it,” he summarized.
He apologizes to his children for receiving “scratches” from politics
The leader of the regional Executive has also dedicated a few words to his relatives, especially his children, to whom he has apologized for “suffering the clumsiness of their father” and having received the “scratches” of politics.
Throughout his career, he recalled, his loved ones “have suffered” because politics “does not remain limited to office”, but affects people “who love you and surround you”.
Likewise, he has apologized for “if someone has not felt well cared for” throughout this legislature, and has acknowledged that, although “it has fixed more problems than it has created”, many others have been left “without fixing or attend”.
In his speech, García-Page also remembered the victims of the coronavirus and the health professionals from all over the country who gave “the chest” in the pandemic.
In the act of inauguration of García-Page as president of Castilla-La Mancha, which has sounded to the rhythm of Ana Alcaide’s viola, the researcher and co-founder of Ionbiotec, Ana Megia-Macías; the head of the oncology service of the Toledo Hospital, Eva Lozano; and the deafblind athlete, Cristina Landete.