Alfonso Serrano, Secretary General of the Popular Party of Madrid, on Tuesday expressed strong opposition to the extraordinary regularization of migrants, a measure recently approved by the Council of Ministers. According to the popular leader, this action will not succeed in diverting attention from the corruption scandals that, in his view, surround the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, nor from the judicial proceedings affecting his wife, Begoña Gómez.
“"Not even ten massive regularizations will manage to cover up a new, unprecedented scandal in our democracy: that the wife of the President of the Government is facing five legal proceedings for leveraging her husband's position."
The second-in-command of Madrid's PP has described the regularization as "irregular and unnecessary," emphasizing that it contradicts reports issued by the Council of State. Furthermore, he pointed out that this decision lacks the support of European institutions, which, in his opinion, makes it a measure without political justification.
Serrano warned that the implementation of this measure could generate "greater coexistence problems" and act as a "call for new irregularities" in future migratory processes. He also alerted about the potential "agitation and strain" it will cause on the public services of the Community of Madrid.
In this context, he defended the Community of Madrid's stance to request the "precautionary suspension of this measure," an initiative already announced last week by the Madrid regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who pledged to appeal the decision in court.
For Serrano, it is "inadmissible" for the Government to attempt to "twist" the population census "for spurious and political purposes to divert debates from what really matters." He reiterated that the Executive is "totally exhausted, surrounded, and riddled with corruption cases," insisting that none of this will change the fact that Sánchez is a president "rotten at the head of a finished mafia."
