“The government can’t get away with it either.“. With these words Gabriel Ruffian made it clear this week that the motion of censure, no matter how spectacle it may be and no matter how doomed to failure, must serve to put the dots on the i’s to Pedro Sanchez. And it is that he progressive bloc on which governance has been based throughout the legislature it is not going through its best moment. In the last two weeks, deep-seated clashes between the PSOE, Unidas Podemos and the rest of the parliamentary partners have not stopped taking place. Such is the point that even the purple ones expect Sánchez to take advantage of Vox’s motion of no confidence with Ramon Tamames as a candidate to care for the investiture block.
When Santiago Abascal The initiative to try to remove Sánchez from Moncloa was registered, both in the Executive branch and in its allies, and in the PP it was believed that this step by the ultras would only serve to give air to the government. The idea that took hold is that the debate could serve to offer a solid image of the progressive block after a few discrepancies. Now, both in the minority party of the Executive and in the partners are waiting for that diagnosis to materialize this Tuesday in Congress.
The crises
Everyone will be attentive to Sánchez’s words, but, above all, the leaders of United We Can. “We are very concerned about the turn to the right that the PSOE has carried out”, said on Friday the general secretary of Podemos and minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra. The leader of the purples was referring to the three run-ins they have had with the Socialists in just 10 days.
On March 7, the Government fragmented in Congress before the bill to reform the ‘only yes is yes’ rule that did not have the support of the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero. The tension in that debate reached heights never seen before, going so far as to accuse Sánchez of “turning his back on women” and to harangue the mobilizations against the PSOE on 8-M. ERC and EH Bildu also positioned themselves alongside Podemos.
Far from relaxing the climate, this week the gag law reform waned. Both the Catalan republicans and the Aberzale formation voted ‘no’ to the modification of the law that the PP approved in 2015 due to the lack of progress on four key issues: prohibiting rubber ballsreduce offenses for disobedience to authority and lack of respect for the State Security Corps and Forces and, finally, prevent hot returns of migrants at the border. Podemos endorsed the responsibility of the failure to the PSOE.
“Take Care Most”
“Next week’s motion of no confidence is a good opportunity for the PSOE look to the left again, take care and revalidate that majority of the investiture”, assured Belarra, trusting that Sánchez, as has happened in the great debates in Congress, reinforces his more socialist profile. The purple leader predicted that, if not, “the fastest path to that the coalition government cannot be re-elected.
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It’s not the only one. In ERC they also hope that the motion of no confidence will serve to strengthen unity in the progressive space. However, the Catalan Republicans, given the proximity of the municipal elections and without major commitments pending from the Government, are reinforcing their more left-wing character. In this sense, ERC sources point out that, “whatever happens, all this benefits the PSOE and they know it“.
In the absence of all the formations finishing defining their strategy and finalizing their speeches, everything indicates that the members of the Executive will send a clear notice to Sánchez about the direction that legislative action should take in these last months before the elections.