Day 10: Last Sunday
The ‘barons’ of the PSOE land in Andalusia while Feijóo, Arrimadas, Díaz and Abascal continue their campaign
The candidates for 19J in Andalusia show their concern about the fire in Sierra Bermeja
The opposition parties have singled out the Junta for this event. Espadas has lamented the “lack of foresight and a job well done” by the Board and has denounced that the Government’s action “completely lacks” prevention actions such as cleaning forests in winter. While Rodríguez has accused Moreno of use climate denialism in the lack of protection of the forest area of Andalusia that, in his opinion, causes these events to occur. On the other hand, Nieto has invited the “reflections” generated by this fire to be addressed once it is over.
24 hours – The Andalusian electoral campaign, marked by the fire in Sierra Bermeja – Listen now
Thus, with the fire in the background, the bulk of the electoral acts of the candidates have been moved to the afternoon, all in a day in which the Andalusian Electoral Board (JEA) has decreed that the campaign on social networks of the PP in the what is included an image of Moreno with Felipe VIand which was denounced by the PSOE, violates the Organic Law of Electoral Regime (LOREG).
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The candidates for the Andalusia elections: Juan Espadas (PSOE), Juanma Moreno (PP), Juan Marin (Cs), Macarena Olona (Vox), Inma Nieto (For Andalusia) and Teresa Rodriguez (Forward Andalusia). RTVE.es
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Espadas (PSOE) accuses Moreno of “opening the door” to Vox
The PSOE candidate has suspended this Thursday part of his agenda for the seventh day of the Andalusian electoral campaign, which he planned to carry out entirely in Almería, and has reduced it to an act late in the afternoon. There, Espadas has accused Moreno of “endangering” the rights of Andalusia for having agreed and “opening the door” to the extreme right of Vox, of which he has said that “they are scary, they are the past and the NoDo in black and white.”
Earlier, in statements to the media, Espadas assessed that a “turning point” in his campaign “becomes visible” after the “great act” he shared last Sunday with the Prime Minister and PSOE Secretary General, Pedro Sánchez. The socialist leader added that, “indeed, this is a sensation that is generating that rising tide effect that probably became more visible over the weekend”, after which “it was demonstrated, first, that the PSOE is absolutely prepared for these elections, which is cohesive, strong, united and very focused on what is important”.
Moreno (PP) calls for the transfer of PSOE votes to “stop” Vox
For his part, the president of the Board and candidate of the PP has appealed this Thursday to the voters who opted for the PSOE in the last 2018 elections to opt for their ballot on June 19, since he understands that Many of these citizens value his management and see him as only option to concentrate the vote to “stop” Vox. Moreno has participated in an act on fishing in Fuengirola (Málaga), where he has told journalists that he believes he has “a clear option” to govern alone, “without his hands tied”, if those forecasts of capturing the vote are met , where some polls give it a transfer of up to 16%.
The ‘popular’ leader has urged search for “the useful vote”, which in his opinion is only represented by him as a “moderate” and “inclusive” option. “If that happens, it means that I have a good chance of governing alone”, he has stated.
Marín (Cs), convinced that the coalition is going to be reissued
While the Ciudadanos candidate has insisted this Thursday that the coalition government will be “reissued” because he “trusts” the “intelligence of the Andalusians and their ability to know how to differentiate the political brand from what, really, those responsible who we are at the front we have done”. In an interview at the CopeMarín has assured that Ciudadanos is prepared “to be able to continue” and that both he and Moreno aspire “to continue for four more years.”
“We have gotten along very well, there has not been any coalition government in this country, nor probably in Europe, that is more loyal, more committed and with more dialogue than this one,” he declared, later admitting that Ciudadanos would only form a government with the PP: “I want to repeat the government with the PP; with Vox I cannot reach agreements, not because I don’t like anyone, but because I do not share their ideas. Don’t count on me,” he stressed before also clarifying that with the PSOE candidate , “nor to mass”.
Nieto (For Andalusia) criticizes Moreno’s “hypocritical speech” with agriculture
The candidate of Por Andalucía was very critical of the president of the Junta this Thursday. Nieto has described as “hypocritical” the discourse of the autonomous government and Moreno with agriculture and the primary sector, lamenting the “invisibility” of food handlers. “If these women stop, the rest of us don’t eat. That is the importance of manipulation. And that there are 30,000 people who have not had the slightest encouragement from the Junta de Andalucía while in conditions (…) that were objectively unequal, tremendously unfair and, of course, illegal. It cannot be ”, he stressed.
Nieto has held a meeting with processed workers in Aguadulce, Roquetas de Mar, where he has said that the Government of the Junta de Andalucía has to be aware that “taking care of the primary sector is also thinking about who works the land, who packs , manipulate the production, those who distribute it, take it to the places where we buy it, who places it…”. “In other words, the chain is full of workers who need decent conditions,” he summarized, underlining his commitment.
Olona (Vox), about Moreno: “Just think about his public armchair”
The reaction of the head of the Vox list to Moreno’s words about “stopping” his party has not been long in coming. In his opinion, “It is not about stopping, but about starting Andalusia“, she expressed in a message on her Twitter account. The Vox candidate believes that, to achieve this objective, “the ballast of politicians and parties that want to push her back” must be removed, alluding to Moreno, because in his opinion “he only thinks about his public chair and not about the well-being of the Andalusians”.
“It’s not about stopping, it’s about #Andalusia start. To do this, the ballast of the politicians and parties that want to push it back must be removed. Because they think only of their public armchair and not of the welfare of the Andalusians. #RealChange https://t.co/me30qqaQT0“
— Macarena Olona (@Macarena_Olona) June 9, 2022
Rodríguez (Adelante Andalucía): “The right governs because the leftist voter stayed at home”
And this Thursday Rodríguez has called for the mobilization of left-wing voters, whether or not they vote for his formation. “The right governs because the leftist voter stayed at home in 2008,” he said, and hoped to transfer “the important idea of stop the right and the extreme right with a plural offer” on the left.
In an interview on RNE, he pointed out that, in the last elections, “600,000 Andalusians were the ones who decided not to vote for the PSOE” and “perhaps it is useful to look for other political spaces and broaden the bases of the left”. Thus, he has assured that “there must be people who are not very happy” with the Government of Pedro Sánchez or who “do not trust the PSOE after 36 years of consecutive government” in Andalusia without having “solved the structural problems” of this land and with “very tough cases of corruption.” “They have to have an alternative on the left and we offer them that space,” he asserted.
The Electoral Board decrees that the PP campaign with the king violates the law
Finally, on this seventh day of the campaign, the resolution of the Andalusian Electoral Board (JEA) on the campaign on social networks of the PP, which includes an image of its candidate Juanma Moreno together with Felipe VI, who was denounced for the PSOE. The body has decreed that it violates the Organic Law of Electoral Regime (LOREG), for which reason demands to this party that its withdrawal.
After learning of the ruling, the ‘popular’ leader has admitted that it was “an error” by the campaign teams that he did not know about and has explained that he does not like to “use the symbols of the State” and much less the king’s. While Espadas has urged the JEA to stop recommending in its resolutions and start sanctioning: “How long is it going to take for the Electoral Board to stop giving advice and start sanctioning?” He wondered.