This Wednesday, the Vice President and Minister of Education and Universities of the Community of Madrid, Enrique Ossoriohas broken his silence due to the controversy surrounding his collection of the thermal social bond in 2022 having high net worth. Ossorio has defended himself, remarking that he has the help thanks to the fact that he is large familya requirement established by the Government of Pedro Sanchez.
“I think it’s perfectly ethical to benefit from that help How do I get all the help there is for large families? If someone is envious of large families for these resources, I invite them to be a large family that does very well for Spain,” he said at a press conference after the Governing Council.
Ossorio and the thermal social bond
He thermal social bond was designed to minimize the energy poverty of the most vulnerable individuals or families. This group includes large families, regardless of your income. Ossorio received harsh criticism once it became known that he was a beneficiary of the bonus despite his high net worth.
Among them is that of the third vice president and minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Riberawho stated that, in this situation, they would include income criteria for large families who want to access the bonus. “The lack of sensitivity and solidarity of some is surprising. We will change the current regulation to introduce income criteria for large families,” he wrote in Twitter.
The Madrid vice president breaks his silence
Ossorio has defended himself against criticism, ensuring that he only adheres to the current regulation of the bonus established by “Pedro Sánchez”. “I have four children and I receive the aid that exists for this type of family (the electric and thermal social bonus)”has pointed, “As long as I continue to be a large family, I will receive and accept all the aid”has added.
The Madrid vice president has been asked about the possibility that the husband of the spokesperson for Más Madrid in the Assembly, Monica Garciawho asked for Ossorio’s resignation for this very reason, also get this help.
“I believe that there is no greater hypocrisy than to say that about a person when you yourself are benefiting. I insist, I hope that this is false, that this is not a reality, because If that is true today I would have to resign. He would not have to resign for having collected it, because he is a large family, like me; would have to resign because he has no limits to deceive the citizens”I have answered.
Ayuso defends Ossorio
Ossorio has also found defense in the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso. The popular considers that there is no controversy because it is money “that you don’t take it from anyone”so that its collection is not to the detriment of other people. “It’s called a social bonus but it’s not just for vulnerable people”he stressed.
In this sense, he considers that the Government sought to “have a gesture with large families”, a condition enjoyed by an Ossorio who has “the same rights as everyone else”. Likewise, given the possibility that Mónica García is a beneficiary, she has limited herself to asking journalists to “ask him the same question”.