Did Carlos's death lead to his profession being considered high-risk, mister Senator?

On Sunday, November 9, in the town of Vinalesa (Valencia), two young residents of Burjasot entered a house to steal.

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Just as one of the thieves was putting on a balaclava to commit the robbery, Carlos, a 41-year-old off-duty National Police officer, surprised him, calling him out and restraining him to prevent him from completing the robbery. At that moment, the other thief attacked the officer, striking him hard on the head with a rock. As a result of this brutal attack, Carlos was seriously injured and placed in an induced coma.

Last night at 10:00 PM CET, the Spanish National Police announced the sad news of the death of Carlos, who had been hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained in the attack. This officer died fulfilling his duty to protect his fellow citizens, joining a long list of National Police and Civil Guard officers who have died in the line of duty in Spain.

Despite the dangers they face daily, the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez has for years denied national police officers and civil guards the recognition of their profession as high-risk. Last year, the Senate approved a motion to transfer this recognition to the government, at the initiative of the Popular Party and with the opposition of the PSOE and its far-left partners, but Sánchez ignored this request. A rejection that mixes ideological motivations (the National Police and the Civil Guard are highly respected institutions in Spain, but hated by the extreme left) and economic ones: that consideration would force the government to allow those agents to retire at 59 with full salary.

Hours before Carlos's death, on Monday, socialist Senator Alfonso García Rodríguez, a member of the PSC (the Catalan federation of the PSOE), expressed his contempt for the police, stating: "If they really want this social recognition and this social risk allowance, they must deserve and earn it at every moment, in every action, and appropriately, not because of my rank, excuse my language."

Interestingly, Local Police, Basque Police, Catalan Police, and Navarre Regional Police are considered high-risk. This is a clear case of unfair treatment, since the National Police and the Civil Guard perform work that is just as, if not more, dangerous than that of the aforementioned police forces. The most grotesque thing is that Social Security does recognize "artists" as a high-risk profession, including "singers" and "dancers" in this category. One has to wonder if this scandalous difference in treatment is due to the fact that the left has many supporters in these latter professions.

Following the death of that police officer yesterday in Valencia, one must ask: Has Carlos already earned the right to be considered a high-risk profession, mister Senator, or does he have to do something more to earn it? How many more police officers and Civil Guards must die before such despicable politicians as yourself grant members of the State Security Forces and Corps the same rights that have already been granted to other bodies?

Finally, if anyone wants to know, Socialist Senator Alfonso García Rodríguez has a gross salary of € 92,608.88. This is the annual salary that all Spaniards pay to this individual every year. It's more than three times what a National Police officer at the basic level earns (more data here). Personally, I believe it's only fair to drastically reduce the salaries of politicians like this Socialist senator and increase them for those who risk their lives daily to protect Spaniards. It's certainly the height of cynicism for a politician earning such a huge sum to show such disrespect to our police officers. If the PSOE had even a shred of shame, Alfonso García Rodríguez would be expelled this week, but we're talking about a party allied with EH Bildu, which has never condemned the murders of 149 National Police officers and 209 Civil Guards at the hands of ETA. They have no shame, nor do they know what it is.

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