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José María Aznar participated in the cycle '1936: The war that we all lost' within the 11th edition of Letters in Seville, coordinated by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Jesús Vigorra, where he expressed his opinion on the general elections anticipated on November 29 decided by Pedro Sánchez.
The former president of the Government José María Aznar spoke clearly this Monday about the advancement of the general elections for next November 29, which Pedro Sánchez has just decided. And he has not spared any adjectives to refer to the "historic and transcendental" elections, which will be "the most important since the beginning of the Transition" because what is at stake is not the "simple alternation" between parties, but something much deeper.
If Pedro Sánchez "could form a government, the constitutional system, unity and the Monarchy, as we have known it until now, would end," Aznar warned, in a talk with EL MUNDO journalist Juanma Lamet during the cycle '1936: The war we all lost', corresponding to the 11th edition of Letters in Seville, coordinated by the Language academic, writer and columnist of this newspaper Arturo Pérez-Reverte and the journalist Jesús Vigorra.
For Aznar, Pedro Sánchez and his partners are "deconstructing the Constitution" and intend to change the "unity of Spain" with the concept of "plurinational", so, if he managed to form a government after November 29, the former president is "absolutely" convinced that the Republic would be just around the corner. "Whoever seeks to change the constitutional systems, deconstructing our Constitution, is calling for a constituent period, and all of this evidently results in the demolition of the main element, support and leadership of the Constitution, which is the Crown," he indicated.
"That is what the Spanish citizen has to know, he has to know that he is going to vote on that," added Aznar, who considered that the general elections should have been "a long time ago" because no budgets have been presented in the entire legislature.
Grandchildren Law
He has also been very critical of the grandchildren law promoted by the Sánchez Government because it tries to "alter the electoral roll to obtain advantages": "Whoever did it in his home, in his party, is capable of doing it in everyone's home," said Aznar, who has expressed surprise at the possibility of descendants of exiles who have never set foot in the country voting in Spain.
In the sessions on the Civil War in which Aznar has participated, which will last four days, the ministers Félix Bolaños and Ángel Víctor Torres and the PP spokesperson, Borja Sémper, will also participate, as well as Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón and Manuela Carmena, along with the former leader of Vox Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, among other speakers, including journalists and historians.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
If Pedro Sánchez forms a government after November 29, progress will be made towards a constituent process that could lead to the proclamation of the Republic in Spain
Possible · Within months
The grandchildren law will be the subject of intense debate and possible judicial challenge for alleged alteration of the electoral roll for partisan purposes
Likely · Within weeks

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