Madrid, April 12 (EFE) .- The Acting Minister of Industry, José Manuel Soria, said today that no one in the government has pressured him nor has called for the resignation. “Not at all,” he said after explaining that it was he himself who proposed the president, Mariano Rajoy, to appear in Congress.
At a press conference in Congress, Soria has responded to the question whether Rajoy or someone in the government had pressured him to appear or to resign following reports linking his name to the roles of Panama
Soria assured feel that has the confidence of Rajoy. ” absolutely, I feel that I have and all members of the government, “said.
he also explained that this morning had a conversation with the Prime Minister, in which he expressed his wish to appear in Parliament in view of the “scope of what was published” and that is “completely false”. Rajoy, although the Executive refused to appear to be acting, has given the “go ahead”.
“Without prejudice, he added, that this has nothing to do with my responsibility as minister, and minister of Spain nor any other political responsibility has had in the last 25 years. “
in that conversation with Rajoy, the minister has not set their resignation to the President , which, in his opinion is not necessary because “from the time that a government official is appointed, his office is always available to anyone who has named him”.
“the president knows that me and all members of the government, “he underlined.
a journalists’ questions, Soria has also referred to a private conversation this afternoon held in the halls of Congress general secretary PP, Maria Dolores de Cospedal, and the chief of staff of the Presidency, Jorge Moragas, who -according has afirmado- has not been “neither heated nor intense”, as they had asked.
no, has insisted he has pushed him or has asked to resign
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