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Humble Classes
By h.b. - Jan 22, 2008 - 4:48 PM
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Manuel Pizarro at a PP rally at the end of last week in Carabanchel in Madrid - Photo EFE
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The ex President of Endesa, Manuel Pizarro, is now the number two on the Partido Popular's candidate list for Madrid, behind party leader Mariano Rajoy
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The embattled leader of the Partido Popular, Mariano Rajoy, has called on his party to stop talking about the candidate lists, and the Gallardón affair. No more distractions, and on with the job of trying to win the election. Rajoy is clearly angry with both the Mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, and the President of the Madrid region, Esperanza Aguirre, for distracting the party in the run up to the General Election, but perhaps he should recognise that he could easily have dealt with the matter last Summer.

He’s angry too because his new star signing, designed to counteract the weight of the Minister for the Economy and Tax, Pedro Solbes, the ex President of Endesa, Manuel Pizarro, has seen his arrival eclipsed by events, when the uncertainty in the world’s economy should have proved fertile ground for the new arrival to take centre stage. Rajoy would no doubt be far happier if that particular candidate had more attention in the press – so let’s give him some...

Rajoy said to the party faithful at a rally in Madrid on Monday that the Partido Popular has to look after ‘the most humble classes’ who, he is convinced, will support the P.P.

One wonders how Rajoy thinks that may be the case when his brand new number two is not the party’s most popular personality, Sr. Gallardón, but Sr. Pizarro instead.

Manuel Pizarro has promised to ‘sweat his shirt’ as he works hard for the party, but realistically can anyone expect him to sit in Congress should the Partido Popular lose the election? Pizarro is a born opportunist. His loyalties last until something better comes along. It’s a quality that has made him an ideal money maker on the stock markets - (has he been trading this week?), but whether the public will be impressed by such credentials is another matter.
How can Pizarro really understand the struggles of those who find it increasingly hard to reach the end of the month on a minimum wage, when he has just resigned from Telefónica to accept Rajoy’s offer, and has been paid 35,600 € for the privilege? Not bad for a month’s appointment as advisor to the telecommunications company. I wonder if Telefónica are pleased with their investment.

This 56 year old grandson of a Franco General, Manuel Pizarro made an estimated income of more than three million € last year. Can we really believe that he will stay with his basic wage of 3,126 € a month should he be elected a deputy in Congress?

The law makes it clear that if the PP win, and he is placed in a position of power and responsibility, one area he will not be allowed to touch will be the Endesa company which he once led.
The very same company which gave him a golden handshake of 2.5 billion €. (That’s 2,500 million in case you are wondering).

Humble classes indeed.


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