Felipe González accuses the Government of "betraying national sovereignty" with the housing decrees

Felipe González considers that the central government "betrays national sovereignty" by taking to the Permanent Deputation the housing decrees that Congress overturned a few days ago, which triggered the electoral advance. At an event to pay tribute to the late Javier Lambán held this Wednesday in Madrid, the former president warned of the "democratic crisis" that in his opinion this maneuver by the PSOE-Sumar coalition entails. Likewise, he has criticized the doubts that the PP has sown about voting by mail. "I ask you all: Where do you want to go?" he questioned.

This is how González spoke from the main stage of the Ateneo de Madrid, a meeting place for colleagues, family and friends of the former socialist regional presidents Javier Lambán and Guillermo Fernández Vara, both of whom died last year. At a time of serious political confrontation and at the threshold of an electoral campaign, the former president has been especially critical of Pedro Sánchez, leader of the central Executive and his party, with whom he maintains a long ideological confrontation.

"I find it difficult to bear that the president of the Government of my country, not to mention my party, says that the body of national sovereignty betrayed the majority of citizens on Friday and that the Permanent Deputation is going to correct that," he lamented in reference to the rejection by Congress (due to the votes against PP, Vox and Junts) to the two decrees of measures to protect vulnerable tenants.

The parliamentary defeat led Sánchez to call early elections for next November 29, but until then, the president will take his measures to the Permanent Deputation, where he does have a majority that does not depend on Carles Puigdemont's party. "I can't accept it," González remarked.

"If I hear the Government say that Parliament on Friday did not represent national sovereignty," he added, "I get scared. If Parliament betrays sovereignty, it does not matter if there are elections, because the next one can also be said to not represent it. And that is not reversible."

For the historic socialist leader, the situation has worsened in recent hours with the PP questioning the cleanliness of the electoral process. Specifically, voting by mail. "I feel even more that those who offer themselves as an alternative do not trust the system. How is it possible that they degrade the credibility of the system? If they win the elections with the questioned system, they are going to put us in a mess with no way out," he warned.