¿Dónde tiene que veranear un presidente del Gobierno?
Es un tema que siempre resulta polémico. Las excusas son la seguridad y que es más barato que utilicen las residencias del Estado. Y que se les da, además, un uso continuado. Me resultan tan vagas como oportunistas. En cualquier caso, me parece mal...
Es un tema que siempre resulta polémico. Las excusas son la seguridad y que es más barato que utilicen las residencias del Estado. Y que se les da, además, un uso continuado. Me resultan tan vagas como oportunistas. En cualquier caso, me parece mal que un palacio o una finca pública tenga un uso privado como son las vacaciones o los fines de semana de un presidente del Gobierno. Es cierto que hay ejemplos de todo tipo en los países de nuestro entorno, pero me decanto por los más austeros. Ni siquiera me parece bien en el caso de los presidentes de las repúblicas como Estados Unidos o Francia, aunque no me corresponde cuestionar aquello que a la mayoría de sus ciudadanos les parece bien. Este rechazo también lo aplico a la utilización de los aviones o los helicópteros fuera las labores propias del cargo.
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Where a President of the Government has
to spend time. It is a subject
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that is always controversial. The excuse
is that it is cheaper to use State
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residences because of the issue of security
and that they are also given continuous use.
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I find it as vague as opportunist. In any case, I find
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it wrong that a palace or a
public estate has a private use, such
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as the holidays or weekends of a
President of the Government, except that there
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are examples of all time in the
countries around us, but I decant myself
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for the most austere. I do
not even agree with the Presidents of republics
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such as the United States or France, although it is not for me to
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question what most of their citizens think
is right. This rejection also applies to
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the use of fixed- wing or
rotary- wing aircraft outside the functions of
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the post. No one will convince
me to fit in this part. Going
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on a weekend vacation or a party
event, a concert or a family event.
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It is not a question of economic
cost that is irrelevant in a country
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like ours, but of transparency and
good governance. There are countries where the
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Prime Minister does not live a residence
like Moncloa. It is good or bad
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to follow that standard. None of
the Presidents we have had lived in a
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palace before they took office and do
not do so after they have left it,
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although they all have dignified residences that
they could have occupied instead of the
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moncloa. Despite this, I do
not think it is bad that they live
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in the same complex where the Government
is holding the Presidency, as it is
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more operational. On the other hand, it makes no sense for Sanchez and
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his family to move on a falcon
for their Easter holidays and spend them in
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Doñana. Some of his predecessors have
done so, so it is not a
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personal criticism, but I extend it
to them and to those who come in
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the future. A law must be
drawn up to regulate these issues, since
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public goods are not for the personal
enjoyment of anyone.
