Minister and spokesperson, Sílvia Paneque, was emphatic in stating that there is "no room for collaboration" with parties like Aliança Catalana. This declaration comes after Enric Pérez and Anna Belén Avilés, socialist councilors in Ripoll, offered their resignations to the party on Friday and were officially dismissed this Monday.
“"There is no room for collaboration with the far-right or with Aliança Catalana; this is something widely known by public opinion."
Pérez, who also served as an advisor to the department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, has expressed his intention to resign from this position, a decision that Paneque has accepted. The minister emphasized the Government's belligerence against the far-right, insisting that "there is nothing further from their positions than this Government and the political party that supports it".
The leader of the socialists in the Girona regions criticized the councilors for allowing Orriols to approve budgets that, according to her, "deepen confrontation and target people based on their origin, to the detriment of equality." Paneque recalled the "sanitary cordon" that the Government also applies to Vox, considering it a "very clear red line".
Furthermore, Minister Paneque also addressed a "misunderstanding" related to the Department of Health's new incentive program to streamline diagnostic tests for workers on sick leave. She acknowledged that the system could lead to misinterpretations and reported the sending of an internal note to clarify that the objective is to improve diagnosis and patient care, without affecting staff remuneration. She reiterated that sick leaves are always managed under medical criteria.
