He failed to fulfill his big promise in Galicia in 13 years, but now he'll pass 70 laws in one day

I've been interested in politics for many years, but we're reaching a point where I find it hard to distinguish it from a simple comedy.

Feijóo repeats an educational and linguistic promise that he already broke in Galicia
The Popular Party vindicates Spanish in the USA while marginalizing it in Galicia

This Monday, in one of those typical news stories where it's unclear whether they are leaks or mere propaganda, El Confidencial headlined: "Feijóo prepares his arrival at Moncloa with 70 laws ready to be applied on the first day." The news article states: "the PP leader already has a substantial record of laws drafted, developed, registered and, in very few cases, processed which he will activate without delay if he manages to reach the presidential palace". I stopped reading at that point, because it seemed about as productive a task as counting my eyelashes.

The last time I decided to trust a promise from the Popular Party (PP) and Feijóo was in 2009. On that occasion, the PP candidate for president of the Galician government promised us "linguistic freedom," and once he won the elections, he betrayed his promise, implementing a "trilingualism" law that has nothing to do with the promised freedom, since politicians continue to make decisions for families in Galicia. Never again. Since then, I haven't voted for the PP. One deception is enough for me to repeat that unpleasant experience.

In May 2022, 13 years after taking office, Feijóo left the presidency of the Galician government without having fulfilled his promise. During those 13 years, he enjoyed an absolute majority that would have allowed him to implement that commitment, but the current national president of the PP cowardly yielded to pressure from separatism and the left. That is the "strategic vote" the PP offers in its election campaigns. A cruel joke on its voters.

Although Feijóo left the presidency of the Galician government, the Popular Party continues to govern in Galicia, but 17 years later it still hasn't fulfilled that promise. A promise that didn't consist of approving something strange in a democratic country. In fact, in bilingual territories in other countries, it's normal to be able to choose the language of instruction. What's abnormal is what happens in Spain, where politicians decide for families and even marginalize the national language as in a dictatorship.

How can we expect the PP to pass 70 laws in a single day if, 17 years later, they still haven't fulfilled their big promise from 2009 in Galicia? Frankly, I'm getting fed up with certain politicians treating us citizens like idiots. They laugh at us openly, perhaps hoping we've forgotten the promises they made to us in the past, promises they betrayed as miserably as that solemn commitment to linguistic freedom that led me to vote for the PP in 2009. I repeat: never again.

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