The electoral campaign in Galicia has already begun and the great figures of the political parties are already touring its four provinces. This is the case of the secretary general of Vox and deputy in Congress, Javier Ortega Smith, who gave a rally in the town of Xinzo de Limia (Ourense) where one of his phrases made one of those present throw their hands to the head.
“So much tribute every year to that racist, anti-Spanish and xenophobic Castelao, It has hit him so much that he will have to be called Alberto Feijóo Castelao, “said Ortega Smith referring to the current president of the Xunta de Galicia and the candidate of the Popular Party. It was precisely these words that caused confusion in a group of people who were further away from the stage where the leader of the far-right party was located, whom they accompanied with shouts of “donkey” and “animal.”
Smith refers to the playwright and politician Alfonso Castelao, who is considered one of the fathers of Galician nationalism and one of the most important figures in 20th century Galician culture. In January of this year the 70th anniversary of his death was celebrated, a character who was honored with the second Galician Literature Day in 1964. Furthermore, in 2011 the Junta de Galicia declared his work as an asset of intangible cultural interest and the The Royal Galician Academy of Fine Arts dedicated the Galician Arts Day 2016 to him for his “extraordinary artistic merits” of his work.
Ortega Smith against the “attacks” on Vox
Ortega Smith has “strongly condemned the stones and attacks” against Vox after the incidents in which Deputy Rocío de Meer was injured during a rally in Sestao. For Smith “they are one more consequence of those who incite hatred from Congress, the PNV, and the media, the vice president Pablo Iglesias, with his anti-fascist alerts.” “According to them, we are the ultras, the extreme right, the fascists and violentWhen those of us who receive insults, threats, stones and have to carry out acts surrounded by riot police are those of Vox, “Ortega Smith insisted during another act in Pontevedra.
He has stated that “the Spanish are not going to be fooled” because Vox defends “the Constitution, the law, freedom of opinion and democratic participation” in the elections and has accused “those who encourage from the tribunes of Congress and the media of communication to hatred against this party “to” try to exclude “this formation from politics. “They are not going to achieve it,” he warned and called “never to give in to the extreme totalitarian left.” “Not even the threats, insults and attacks are going to make us take a step back,” concluded Ortega, who has extended his condemnation of the incident in Sestao and others that Vox continues to “suffer throughout this campaign.”
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