Ayuso leaves the Conference of Presidents when the Lehendakari begins to speak in Basque.

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, left the Conference of Presidents during the Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, who began his speech in Basque.

According to regional government sources, Ayuso decided to stand up and leave the meeting of the Conference of Presidents, which is being held in Barcelona, ​​when her counterpart in the Basque Country, Imanol Pradales, began his speech in Basque, and returned when the Spanish speaking sessions resumed.

Ayuso expressed reluctance to wear an earpiece and even threatened to leave the multilateral body if they didn't speak to her in Spanish, after the government announced that for the first time in this forum it would allow the use of co-official languages ​​with the help of translators.

The president of the Community of Madrid also experienced a moment of great tension before the Conference when she confronted the Minister of Health, Mónica García, about the deaths in Madrid's nursing homes. She criticized her opposition to the deaths in the nursing home during the pandemic and asked her during their greeting if she was "going to kiss a murderer," according to sources close to the regional leader.

Ayuso's team's version is that the Madrid president reacted this way after Más Madrid accused her yesterday of developing "a macabre plan" with her "shameful protocols" that condemned "7,291 elderly people to death."

According to Ayuso's entourage, the Madrid native offered García her hand, but when she saw that he was trying to give her two kisses, she asked him if he wanted to "kiss a murderer after what Más Madrid had said to him yesterday in the Assembly" and told him that this intervention "was unacceptable."

According to the Madrid president's entourage, Ayuso was shaking hands and formally greeting all the ministers, and when García approached, she "tried to give him two kisses."

According to sources close to the minister, García went to greet Ayuso "institutionally normally," and Ayuso turned her face away from him and, "very nervous, restless, and aggressive," accused her of calling her a "murderer."

The health minister responded that this was a "lie" and that she "shouldn't lie like that." A confrontation that ended when, according to these sources, a protocol officer approached and separated them.