The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will not appear in Congress to explain the evacuation operation carried out by Spain in Afghanistan.
The executive delegates in the Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, that work.
They consider in the Moncloa that it is the owner of the department who must give explanations and save the head of the executive to face the opposition, which has demanded these days the presence of him in the lower house.
The Congress debate this Wednesday the appearance requests of the President of the Government and ten ministers.
To try to deactivate the debate, Monday night, the Government registered the appearances at the request of Albares, Carolina Darias (Health) and Teresa Ribera (ecological transition).
They do not contemplate, for example, either that the defense minister, Margarita Robles, or the Inclusion and Migration Holder, José Luis Escrivá, key departments in Afghanistan’s evacuation operation.
In the Moncloa they consider that the presence of Sánchez in Congress is not a priority and that, in addition, the presence of the Chief of the Executive would serve to give oxygen to the opposition they consider, is deactivated before the international asset that the government has received by
His action regarding the Afghan crisis.
“We believe that the most opportune thing is that the ministers can appear next week,” has been Isabel Rodríguez, spokesman for the Executive and Minister of Territorial Policy, after the celebration of the first Council of Ministers after the summer break.
She considers the government that in September there will be activity in Congress and that, therefore, Sánchez may be asked by the opposition in the control sessions.
