The former president of the Government has recently spoken out against the granting of an amnesty to those accused in the ‘procés’, a path that other historical figures such as Guerra and Borbolla have later followed.
A group of a dozen historical militants of the Andalusian PSOE have deployed a banner at the entrance to the event which is held at the Cajasol Foundation in Seville and in which the Chamber of Commerce will present an award to the former president of the Government, Felipe González. The banner read: “Always PSOE, before with Felipe, now with Pedro Sánchez”, presiding over a photo of Pablo Iglesias, founder of the party. The former socialist leader got out of the vehicle and did not hesitate to approach to greet the militants and shake their hands. Some have reminded him that they started with him in Capitán Vigueras, headquarters of the labor office where González worked. “What you say hurts us”has been conveyed to him by a colleague, historic member of the party and the UGT, Pepe Romero, former Minister of Labor in the first Andalusian government of José Rodríguez de la Borbolla. In response to that message, González replied: “What I say you will see in the party’s resolutions”. Another activist told him: “Felipe, don’t abandon us.”.
The former president of the Government has declined to make any assessment to the media, ensuring that he will speak during the event and without wanting to assess the expulsion of Nicolás Redondo. González will receive the Torre del Oro Ibero-American Award, promoted by the Cajasol Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce of Seville, which recognizes to a personality or entity of the highest level whose career “is related to political, commercial, economic and cultural relations” between Ibero-American countries and, at the same time, linked to Seville.
The PP of Andalusia has deployed all its top leaders. The president of the Board, Juan Manuel Moreno, participates at the event table, together with the mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz. The former president of the Board, Manuel Chaves, attended the event, where the former president of the Government Alfonso Guerra was also present. The general secretary in Andalusia, Juan Espadas, and the top leader of Sevillian socialism and president of the Provincial Council have attended from the PSOE, Javier Fernandez.
González has recently spoken out against the granting of an amnesty to those accused in the ‘procés’, a path that other historical figures such as Guerra and Borbolla have later followed. The former leader of the PSOE, who has his birthplace in Seville, made it clear that the formation of a Government with the support of the independentists “does not like him” and that in the 23J elections it was more difficult for him to vote for his party than other times.
The Andalusian PP, with its president at the head, has embraced the positions of these historic PSOE members to regret that the current socialist leaders in Andalusia do not come out to defend those same positions against the amnesty. Moreno took advantage of the control session in the Andalusian Parliament this morning to declare that he has “no complex” in admitting that he is “closer” to the positions of Felipe González, Alfonso Guerra and other historical socialists than to Pedro Sánchez and the current PSOE. The socialist, Juan Espadas, has responded that “the PSOE of Andalusia will never be involved in anything that threatens against the equality of Andalusians and all the territories of Spain. Shall I tell you more clearly? Shall I tell you in English, in Chinese?”, making clear the tension that this matter causes.