Santiago Abascal: the leader of the far right
Vox, the party that has Abascal as its leader, achieved its entry into the Congress of Deputies for the first time in 2019. Currently, this party has 52 seats, which places it as the third largest political force in the country. teleSUR
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00:00 Let's now meet the candidate for the far-right Vox Party, Santiago Abascal Conde.
00:04 In 1999, Santiago Abascal Conde was a member of the provincial executive committee of the Popular Party in Alava.
00:15 In the year 2000, he was elected president of the new generations of the Popular Party of Euskadi.
00:22 In 2013, he withdrew from the Popular Party due to political and ideological differences.
00:28 In 2014, he joined the emerging political party of the extreme right, Vox, and became president.
00:35 The ultra-conservative organization of Santiago Abascal is running for elections with 381 measures.
00:45 Among them, it seeks to promote equality, an administratively decentralized unitary state,
00:52 the elimination of all gender legislation and the repeal of ideological laws.
00:57 They also propose the reintroduction of such crimes as illegal referendum, sedition and treason,
01:03 the repeal of labor reform with an aim of putting an end to all public subsidies for unions,
01:11 and the elimination of taxes on the purchase of housing.