The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced the declaration of the state of alarm in Spain, according to socialist sources told Libertad Digital. In an institutional statement in Moncloa, the President reported that “I have just informed the Head of State of the holding tomorrow of an Extraordinary Council of Ministers to declare the state of alarm in Spain.”
A communication that will proceed to “the opposition groups and the regional presidents this afternoon to coordinate the exceptional measures that will last for 15 days:” The declaration of the state of alarm allows us to mobilize resources to the maximum. ” after which it will inform the Congress of Deputies in the face of the health emergency due to the coronavirus.
Sánchez assured that “the next few weeks will be tough” and that “it cannot be ruled out that we will reach the more than 10,000 affected”. Reason why he urged citizens to exercise extreme caution and heed the recommendations of the health authorities. “Victory depends on each one of us. Heroism also depends on washing our hands and we will stop this virus together. Thank you very much.”
Other appearances are canceled
An announcement that government sources put forward hours earlier in a morning of a blackout in which the Government was receiving the latest data from COVID-19 in Madrid and that has motivated the cancellation of the appearance of the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, and the director of health emergencies, Fernando Simón. An appearance by the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz-Ayuso, was also canceled due to recommendations by Moncloa.
The measures, according to Organic Law 4/81 of June 1, suppose the “limitation of the movement or permanence of people and vehicles, practice temporary requisitions of all kinds of goods, limit or ration the use of services and issue the necessary orders to ensure the supply of the markets “.
The step taken by the Government would explain the progress made by government sources to LD in the last hours: the interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, canceled a trip to Brussels for the celebration of the Council of Interior Ministers of the EU after having received the Moncloa commissioned to prepare a special security device that required mobilizing the Police and the Civil Guard.
From LibertadDigital.
