Huge support for Rajoy after death of his father, 97
Sunday, November 4, 2018 @ 11:02 PM
NUMEROUS current and ex-PP colleagues of former Spanish president Mariano Rajoy turned out in support for him today (Sunday) at the funeral of his father, Mariano Senior, who died on Thursday aged 97.
Former ministers for work, interior and education, Fátima Báñez, Juan Ignacio Zoido and Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, along with ex-deputy president Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, and Javier Arenas and Fernando Martínez Maíllo attended the wake at the Santa María basilica in Pontevedra, Galicia, where Rajoy grew up and his family of origin lived.
Regional president of Galicia Alberto Núñez Feijóo and cabinet members Francisco Conde and Jesús Vázquez Almuíña – all PP members – plus opposition socialist leader for the north-western territory Gonzalo Caballero went along for the initial service at the San Mauro crematorium.
They all said they had gone along to support 'a friend going through a terrible time', but added that Mariano Junior (pictured, left) was 'bearing up well'.
The PP members said that 'even though' Mariano Rajoy Sobredo 'was very elderly and had not been well lately', it was 'always hard losing a parent' and ex-president Mariano Rajoy Brey was coping well under the circumstances.
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