SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 13 Apr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, took office this Saturday at an event in the San Domingos de Bonaval park. “I take office as the first servant of Galicia. I do so to contribute my modest grain of sand to the great task that others began and others will continue,” he proclaimed, after swearing in the Statute of Autonomy, before a thousand guests, including authorities and members of civil society met.
According to the script of the event, around 12:00 p.m., Rueda entered the Compostela park accompanied by the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, representative of the Government at the event, and the head of the Galician Legislature, Miguel Santalices, who read the royal decree of the appointment.
Next, with his hand on the Statute of Autonomy, Rueda has opted for the oath formula, just as when he became the sixth president of the autonomy, in May 2022, when he succeeded Alberto Núñez Feijóo as head of the Xunta after his rise to state politics, as leader of the PP.
Precisely, before the formal start of the event, accompanied by his predecessor, Alberto Núñez Feijóo; and the former socialist presidents Fernando González Laxe and Emilio Pérez Touriño, entered the Panteón de Galegas e Galegos Ilustres, in the Church of San Domingos de Bonaval, where he made a floral offering – a center with white roses and some other blue flower- – in front of the tomb where Castelao’s remains rest.
Without being one for “historical quotes”, as he has acknowledged, he has cited words from those who preceded him in office, of different political colors, starting with Gerardo Fernández Albor, who had also taken office in San Domingos de Bonaval, and has stated that takes the step to contribute a “modest grain of sand” to the “great task that others began and others will continue.”
He does it, he said, “with all humility”, with his “virtues and defects”, and with his “successes and errors”. For the latter, he has asked for “forgiveness” in advance, before issuing a warning: he will not accept that Galicia is “less than anyone”, but that he will work “with equality.”
For his new steps he has warned that he cannot “be alone”, grateful to the councilors who accompanied him and to those who will do so in the new mandate, and above all, to his family. So much so that one of his most emotional moments has taken place when he has been moved to tears remembering his father.
