The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has said this Monday that the far-right party will "very soon" have deputies in the Parliament of Catalonia. After breaking through into the Andalusian chamber to a much greater extent than expected, the party bragged about its results (one in every ten Andalusians voted for them). They say one of their next objectives is Catalonia.
In response to questions from the press during his evaluation from Seville, Abascal said that party doesn't have to "disembark" in Catalonia because it's already there. "Until yesterday, Catalonia was the place where the Vox project had grown the most", he claimed, which would now be beaten by their 12 deputies in Andalusia.
Vox's intention is to present candidates for "all elections in Spain", including next year's Catalan municipal elections. Abascal repeated that "Catalonia is an inseparable part of Spain". "We won't throw in the towel, we'll go to all the cities, to all the small towns of Girona, Barcelona, Lleida and Tarragona," he said. He also expressed confidence that the party will also break through into the Catalan Parliament to "say that which nobody dared say".
Iglesias, responsible for "all the violence"
Vox's president also took the opportunity to send a warning to his counterpart from Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, who yesterday called for left-wing parties to create an "anti-fascist front" to stop Vox and prevent them gaining power anywhere else.
He also said that he will directly blame Iglesias for "all the attacks and all the violence" that might take place against Vox in the future and accused him of wanting to "break up social harmony in Spain". "Those of you who are insulting us haven't understood anything, you're insulting millions of Spaniards. This strategy won't work for you," he concluded.