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A tough clash between Page and Puente in the Federal Committee

ABC

Spain

Saturday, July 5


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The PSOE's long-running Federal Committee has experienced one of its most tense moments in the clash between the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, and the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente. The leader of the La Mancha socialists has demanded that Pedro Sánchez call elections or raise a vote of confidence to end the worst cases of corruption in democracy.

The minister and secretary general of the Valladolid Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) responded harshly. He reminded Page of some scandals from Felipe González's term, including the case of the former director general of the Civil Guard, Luis Roldán, and the GAL case, when, as he recalled, a former prime minister like González accompanied his former minister, José Barrionuevo, and his deputy, Rafael Vera, to prison in 1998.

A dialectical barrage that Puente has used to criticize the former head of the Socialist Executive, who has been highly critical of the approval of the Amnesty Law - backed by the Constitutional Court a few days ago -, the concessions to the nationalists and governing without a General State Budget. In addition, he has seconded Page in the need for an early election and has shown his support for Eduardo Madina, loser of the primaries that raised Sánchez to the leadership of the PSOE in 2014.

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