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The president of Spain has previously come under fire for wasting fuel whilst preaching about climate change
Opposition parties came out in force on Friday July 29 to condemn the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, for hitching a ride in the military’s helicopter to travel a mere 25.8 kilometres to the Torrejon air base.
To add insult to injury, the president flew in the high-powered aircraft right after hosting a conference to discuss Spain’s plan to reduce energy consumption.
During the meeting, Mr Sánchez appealed to fellow ministers to cease wearing a tie during the summer to cut down on the need for air conditioning, and urged the owners of private businesses to relax the dress code for the their employees.
Politicians have accused the president of acting at the height of hypocrisy by then using “a helicopter to travel the 25.8 kilometres that connect the Palacio de la Moncloa and the Torrejón air base", from where he began a trip to the Balkans.
According to official reports, the journey began at 2.02pm, just 50 minutes after Mr Sánchez finished his public address, and using the aircraft saved him just 10 minutes compared to driving. In addition, the Air Force’s Super Puma consumed around 180 kilos of kerosene, while a car would have used no more than five litres of diesel.
Furthermore, the opposition has accused the president of deliberately causing a stir by dressing down at an official event in order to “distract citizens’ attention from a new inflation figure that confirms the economic problems the people.”
“His problem is not with those who wear ties. Nor with the powerful. His problem lies in his tendency to hover over the problems of the Spanish and try to sell a reality to the population that is only in the imagination of a leader who has spent months without stepping out on the street for fear that society will tell him what it thinks of him and his management,” they concluded.
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