The management of the distribution of the postal vote During the day of this Wednesday, it has become the latest controversy in an electoral campaign that continues to take steps until it leads to the elections on July 23. They were statements from PP leaderAlberto Núñez Feijóo, in which he sowed some doubts about the management carried out by the public company for the distribution of the ballots, which began a succession of reactions defending the process, among which those of Correos stood out and Pedro SanchezPresident of the goverment.
The popular candidate for the presidency of the Government recalled this Wednesday that hel July 13 is the last day to request a vote by mail and asked postmen to work “morning, day and night” to facilitate it.
“I also remind you that If we ask to vote by mail, then we cannot vote in a ballot box and that is why I ask the postmen of Spainwith whom I have worked for the best years of my life, that they work to the maximum”, requested Feijóo, who insisted that Although the postmen do not have “sufficient reinforcements” they must know that “they guard something that is sacred to the Spanishwhich is your vote.”
Therefore, they asked that, “regardless of their bosses, they distribute all the votes before the deadline expires so that the Spanish “can vote and exercise”your constitutional rights“.
“I ask all the staff at Correos because It is essential for our country. And also I promise that if you don’t get paid overtimein the first Council of Ministers I will pay overtime to all postmen in Spain for doing his dutyeveryone,” he insisted.
Post Office Response
A few words that found the response of Mail, although without explicitly mentioning the leader of the PP. Through a press release released this Wednesday afternoon, in which it does not explicitly mention the statements of the PP leader, Correos defended that it has the Budget items necessary to pay all these remuneration concepts for 23Jwhich are already approved and will be subscribers on the corresponding payroll.
In addition, the state company also stated in its statement that “wants to stay out of debates that seek to undermine the country’s institutions and public services” and that “defends the professionalism of all its employees and the services it has developed throughout its more than three centuries of history”.
In addition, it defined the postal voting process in Spain as “safe” and “guarantor”recalling that the Central Electoral Board, an independent body, is in charge of auditing the process and ensuring that it is carried out with all the guarantees for citizens.
“Since the implementation of postal voting in Spain, Correos professionals have carried out this task with pride and dedication, knowing the process and the obligations that it entails. The professionalism of the more than 45,000 Correos employees is beyond any doubt “, they assured.
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Before the postal statement was Pedro Sanchez, President of the Government, who referred to the matter before the media deployed at the NATO summit in Vilnius (Lithuania). The PSOE candidate for re-election considered “a lie” plus Feijóo’s statements.
“I had not heard the opposition leader’s statement, but you have heard me on many occasions tell you that the form of opposition is based on the lie, we saw it in the debate; in the handling, with this type of declarations that are made to undermine confidence in the institutions; and finally with wickedness“.