
The president of Castilla-La Mancha affirms that his participation in the electoral campaign will focus exclusively on the interests of his autonomous community
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García-Page has maintained critical positions within the PSOE towards the national leadership. Tensions have manifested themselves in ministerial visits to Castilla-La Mancha without prior coordination.
The president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, has acknowledged that relations with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, are "very bad", but facing the general election campaign he has stated that he is "more of the Socialist Party than some who lead it".
In an interview in the digital newspaper encastillalamancha.es, García-Page has admitted that relations "are objectively very bad" and has regretted that for "years" different ministers have visited Castilla-La Mancha without telling him or without inviting him.
Asked if Ferraz has asked him to participate in any event with the President of the Government, he pointed out that with Pedro Sánchez's visit to Noblejas (Toledo) on September 25, it became "quite clear to him the distance he wants to have with the president of this land", and he added: "The message is quite clear; I have understood it very well, so I am not going to contradict him."
In any case, facing the general election campaign on November 29, he has rejected his political rivals questioning whether or not he is going to campaign for Pedro Sánchez, and has explained that trying to get him to ask for "a vote for Vox or for the Popular Party" is "offensive to my intelligence and the intelligence of society." García-Page has asserted: "I have never hidden. I am from the Socialist Party. In fact, I think I am more from the Socialist Party than some who lead it."
In any case, he has clarified that his participation in the campaign will be limited "exclusively" to the issues that "concern Castilla-La Mancha", among which he has mentioned water, public health and education or social services, and has advanced that he will demand from everyone, although more from his own party, the necessary objectives for the autonomous community.
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