He PSC has announced who will be its headliners in the four Catalan provinces for the next general elections of July 23th. Mertixell Batet will go through Barcelona, as EL PERIÓDICO already advanced, Montse Minguez by Lleida, Marc Lamua by Girona, and jagged valley by Tarragona. The first three were already number 1 on the list of socialists in their respective constituencies and Mellado will replace Joan Ruizwho resigned his deputy act on May 30.
This is how the first secretary of the Catalan socialists, Salvador Illawho has participated in the Federal Council of the PSOE that has been held in Madrid.
The party’s electoral commission will meet this Sunday to raise the proposed lists, with all its members, at the National Council to ratify them on the same day. This week it already transpired that the ministers miquel iceta and raquel sanchez they will be in second and third place, respectively, for the province of Barcelona.
I vote for coexistence
The general secretary of the Catalan socialists, Salvador Illa, has highlighted the importance of these elections, in which he considers that a hypothetical victory of the conservative formations would put at risk “the coexistence of the country“He has also warned that the social advances approved during this mandate -such as the labor or pension reform, among others-, as well as Spain’s ability to influence European and international politics, depend on the result.
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In her speech to the Federal Committee of the PSOE this Saturday in Madrid, Illa stated that these elections have a “Historical importance” and that the formula in the face of adversity is to resist, hold firm to convictions and remain united. “The question is not so much how to beat the rightbut how to convince the Spanish that a socialist government is the best option”, he stated.
The socialist leader has insisted that a victory for his party is a guarantee of a plural and diverse Spain. “The best Catalonia is the one of coexistence and prosperity, it is the one that is listened to and listened to, the one that goes from inertia to action, it is the one that stops complaining and gets closer to working with the rest of Spaniards” . Illa has defended that the action of his party in Catalonia “has helped to build the responsible policy of the Government of Spain” opening paths where there were none.