Ayuso's PP refuses to eliminate the term “handicapped” from the Madrid statute until there is “a different majority in Congress”. The conservatives maintain without providing evidence that the PSOE would be willing to introduce unagreed changes to the text to satisfy the pro-independence supporters.

“The PP is committed to the defense of people with disabilities,” said Díaz Pache in the weekly press conference that follows the meeting of the Parliament's spokespersons board.