The socialist leader delves into the division of the independence movement and reminds him that 1-O has “nothing to celebrate”
Santos Cerdán accuses Feijóo of acting in “bad faith” and challenges him to make his salary public
Six years ago the PSC tied its fate to that of Pedro Sanchez. That miquel iceta screaming at the Gavà Rose Festival with his now mythical “Pedro, stand firm, deliver us from Rajoy” marked a turning point in the downward trend of a Catalan socialism undermined by the ‘procés’. Exactly 2,190 days later, Sánchez is no longer in the opposition, but in Moncloa, and the PSC, now with Salvador Island in front, it is the first political outsider in Catalonia. But the thorn in their side remains that of reaching the presidency of the Generalitat, a milestone that they consider they will touch with their fingertips if they first conquer the other side of Plaça de Sant Jaume: the mayor of Barcelona.
“May the force be with us,” he asked. James Collboni strengthening his role as mayor since the Fiesta de la Rosa. The coven par excellence at the start of the PSC course, which this year has recovered massive attendance after the pandemic and which acts as a prologue to the municipal elections, has suffered the unexpected resignation of President Pedro Sánchez, who announced early in the morning that he had given positive in covid. The alteration of the cast on stage has had the consequence that the focus is on the battle next May. Both Illa and Collboni have advocated for “open a new stage” end the presidency of Pere Aragones on the one hand and with the mayor of Ada Colau for the other.
The socialists stand as the stable alternative to the governments that “create trouble” instead of “fix them” and that they get caught up in their internal crises instead of dealing with the one that affects citizens. “The more PSC, the less mess”, has summed up Collboni, who has taken pains to counteract the constant buzz that puts his candidacy in check. It is expected that, if nothing changes, it will be ratified in November. “Let’s do it together”, he added looking into Illa’s eyes. “Together we will do it”, has picked up the Illa glove as a way to shield the tandem.
“Less mess” for them means ending the “division, confrontation and paralysis” of the Government of the Generalitat and guarantee “security, stability and progress” in Barcelona, where the socialists govern hand in hand with Colau but, at the same time, consider it exhausted. The first secretary of the PSC has prepared the ground for a week marked by the general policy debate and the fifth anniversary of 1-Oan event in which, he has insisted, an independence movement more divided than ever has no “nothing to celebrate“. In his opinion, those who promoted the referendum have to “reflect so as not to repeat some mistakes” that brought to Catalonia the “highest moment of confrontation and division” and the way to turn the page is to call for dialogue between Catalan parties. It is the umpteenth time that he makes this request to Aragonès.
From the stage, the Catalan socialists have made every effort to spur the “socialist tide” that assure that it is coming, despite the fact that Sánchez feels more and more closely in the polls the encouragement of the PP of Alberto Nunez Feijoo. For the PSOE, which in the regional and municipal elections of May 2023 the passage of continuity is at stake in Moncloa, Catalonia is once again decisive and that is why Barcelona is highlighted in red. Aware of the duties that fall on his shoulders, Illa has harshly charged against the popular ones, whom he has accused of not having “nothing patriotic” and even of move in “bad faith”. “It is not patriotic to confront territories or lower taxes on those who have the most”, he has criticized as a result of the fiscal battle that the popular barons have opened with the abolition of the wealth tax in Andalusia.
“Bad faith and obscurantism”, added the secretary of organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdan, which has had to fill the void left by Sánchez. From Gavá he has launched an order to the leader of the PP to make his salary public. “He did not give us explanations when he walked with drug traffickers, or how he has multiplied his assets by three. Nor does he give them for his salary,” he has complained, insisting, as Sánchez has done during the week, that the PP is dedicated to “protecting to those who have the most” and to “turn our backs on the majority of citizens”.
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