Until Monday among the current heads of the PSOE, not those of the past, the leadership of Pedro Sánchez, since he won the motion of censure against Rajoy and two general elections in 2019, he has been little discussed.
Own Emiliano Garcia-Page, who in the PSOE primaries voted for susana diaz and what has been President of Castile-La Mancha two legislatures (the first with the support of Podemos), he said in July: “in the PSOE there is a leader for all of Spain, the rest of us are just altar boys & rdquor ;. Then: “we have perfect unanimity, that of one & rdquor ;.
But this same García-Page, who applauded Sánchez last Thursday in Toledo and on Saturday in Zaragoza, broke schemes on Monday by contradicting the president, in statements to ‘El Mundo’, on three key issues. One, the government has “bad companies.” The problem is not to finish the legislature… If we continue like this, it is evident that there will be a punishment… When Pablo Iglesias left, he recognized that he concentrated a lot of social rejection and the cloud of rejection has not been diluted. I had no choice but to agree with Podemos (in 2015), but I made it clear to them from the first day that my objective was to beat them and kick them out, he added… If the internal fights in the Government are daily and the permanent debate with the minority partner does not generate certainty is negative.
The second criticism is the parliamentary dependency of ERC and Bildu “which carry in their political code the will to destabilize the State, to attack it or even to break it… ERC has the right to claim independence, but I am concerned that he uses institutional power to subvert the Constitution & rdquor;
The third, perhaps the most relevant at this time: “There is a state agenda that exceeds a legislature that has to be agree between the two major parties that are committed to constitutional stability & rdquor ;. Then, “I from Feijóo… I have a good concept… I do not share or identify with that name of insolvent, nor do I think it is correct& mldr; We will have to put an end to the eternal tendency to frontism. People agree on some things with the PP and on others with the PSOE. You don’t have to be fanatical. The next elections will be won by the one who goes down to the mud the least & rdquor ;.
Caramba, why does García-Page applaud Sánchez for a few days and on Monday launch an amendment to the entirety? People who know him well say that he is a tough politician (mayor of Toledo for eight years and regional president since 2015) who knows his land well. He does not stitch without thread and now his only objective is to be re-elected president in May for which he needs an absolute majority. and you know that in Castilla-La Mancha, Podemos does not look like much, and the independentistas like it less. He doesn’t want to get caught up in Sánchez’s deals. His great battle is to achieve the maximum of the moderate vote, a part of which he voted for Pepe Bono and José María Barreda (two former socialist presidents) and then for Dolores de Cospedal. And he also believes that the Frankenstein Government, although it may have been necessary, cannot be repeated.
He does not seek to break with Sánchez, much less with the PSOE, but if he distances himself and believes that the president will have to swallow. It also needs to conserve Castilla-La Mancha. He believes that Sánchez is loved among the militants, but that he has lost many feathers in the Manchego electorate. That he has less pull than him.
A former leader reflects: “Perhaps he thought that he committed himself too much to Sánchez on Thursday and Saturday and that he should compensate him & rdquor ;. But, destroying the government’s discourse so much? “Well, he has his goal, to be re-elected no matter what, but he lacks finesse, he is rougher than Bono & rdquor ;.
The explanation is rational, but when a rebellion begins, the end is never known. And there are other regional presidents who may think the same. It is not convenient for them to be associated with Podemos or with Bildu… and perhaps not too much with Sánchez either.
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But the most enigmatic part of the interview is the end, when asked about what will happen in the PSOE he says: “There can be no other October 1, 2016 (The federal committee that Sánchez lost and split the PSOE in two). Things cannot get to that point again & rdquor ;.
Do you want in the end, and despite everything, to close ranks with Sánchez, or would you prefer his resignation? Perhaps everything depends on the result of the regional and municipal elections in May.