PSOE and United We Can Congress reprimand each other for demobilizing leftists in Andalusia.
All published polls predict the defeat of the Left in the Andalusian elections on 19 June. Surveys point to the victory of Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla PP, who is likely to need Vox, the power of the far right, to re-elect the chairman of the council, which will also significantly increase his electoral support. Among other reasons, polls point to the demobilization of a progressive electorate in Andalusia, which for three decades was one of the main unbeatable feudal lords of the PSOE, and where the space to the left of socialism was also used with considerable force.
The plenary session of the House of Representatives this week, the only one held in the midst of the Andalusian campaign, became, in this context, a crossroads of reprimands between the two partners in the coalition government, the PSOE and United We Can. , For the progressive demobilization that polls indicate. All this while the rightists were trying to take advantage of each internal quarrel of the executive branch in order to gain electoral profits by instilling pessimism in the left-wing voters.
This Wednesday session was also preceded by another fateful day for the members of the executive branch, who at the second plenary session in a row on Tuesday voted in favor of two deeply ideological regulations: “One we can” The law on the creation of a large tax. The fate overthrown by the Socialists’ “no”; And the abolition norm, which was approved with the support of Podemos, IU and PP, but with the “no” of En Comú Podem, the Catalan party of Unidas Podemos.
That approach to Alberto Nunez Feio’s party, which the PSOE has implemented to enforce several regulations – on prostitution, but also the audiovisual law that was approved on May 26 by a vote we can – considering differences with a partner minority. It was the latter who launched his first reprimand against the socialist part of his government this Wednesday. This happened during the speech of the President of the Executive, Pedro Sanchez, to the plenary session to report on the last European Council, but also on the change of position of Spain on Western Sahara, taking into account the theses of Morocco, which is not shared by the United Nations.
Pablo Echenik, a member of the Confederate group in Congress, devoted almost half of his speech to explaining the rise of PP and Vox in opinion polls. “This is one of the fundamental questions of our time, and what we, as temporary politicians, are asking ourselves,” he said. “How can we stop the rise of the far right?” He asked. “Right now a lot of people are interested in Andalusia and for a year a lot of people are interested in it in all the municipalities and in many areas of our country. And by the end of 2023 all the Spaniards will be asking themselves this question,” he said. Added on upcoming election appointments.
Echenik then fired several arrows at Sanchez. “First of all, Mr. President, we think that in order to stop the reaction from advancing, we should avoid PP whitening, because Vox is still separated from PP,” he said. According to him, “ultra-right voices live not only in Vox, but also in PP.” “Ms. Ayuso is taking four beers away from burning textbooks in Puerta del Sol these days,” she cited as an example.
“We should not whitewash the PP, because in addition to the many media powers that legitimize the extreme right by spreading their messages, the main institutional legitimizer of the extreme right is the PP,” Echenik told the PSOE. However, a United We Can spokesman concluded this part of his argument with a clear message to Sanchez, who, in addition to reaching a parliamentary agreement with the PP, insisted for weeks that the new leadership of the popular leaders sit down. Negotiations on the renewal of the General Council for the Judiciary (CGPJ), which has been waiting for almost four years:
The leader of United We Can went even further and wanted to say that the PSOE’s decisions, as it was on Tuesday, are refusing to support the tax on the richest, as well as helping to demobilize the left. “You have to manage differently from them [los partidos de la derecha]”Every day we show that we are different from them, that we offer solutions to help people, and we do not obey the reaction,” Echenik added at the plenary session.
However, the second part of his speech was dedicated to highlighting the inconsistencies that distinguish his group from the PSOE, such as its position on Western Sahara or the increase in its military budget in the context of NATO demands. And this second block of Echenik’s words, which focused on the disagreement between the partners, exactly served the Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, launching his own reprimands at United We Can, all of which were part of a campaign in Andalusia.
“If you ask me what breaks the left, I believe we sometimes work harder than we need to to emphasize differences and not alliances in favor of social conquest,” the chief executive told him. Echenik. “I am the President of the Government of Spain and I am the Prime Minister of all Hispanic men and women, to vote for what they vote for. Sought to disqualify United We Can’s positions, particularly with regard to Spain’s presence in NATO.
“There are leftists who do not agree with Spain’s membership in NATO, I think they are wrong. “I, as Secretary-General of the PSOE, believe that if Putin has shown anything, it is a demand that Europe be able to contain itself.”
The rift between the PSOE and United We Can over the war or the Sahara was agitated during Wednesday’s session, which lasted more than 10 hours. Sanchez was therefore forced to assess the issues that unite the two coalition partners in more than one intervention. In the morning, he recalled that “the main thing is what the government is doing with 150 seats.” Late in the afternoon, during a control meeting with the executive branch, he responded to PP Speaker and Secretary-General Kuka Gamara: “This government is fundamentally united and it is fundamental to protect families, companies and give a fair response. “Before the pandemic crisis, then the war crisis.”
Sanchez also stressed that 140 legislative initiatives or two general state budgets have been approved by the legislature. “We still have a long way to go, a year and a half before the 2023 elections. “Therefore, what the government is going to do is govern, consolidate social progress and carry out the transformations that the country needs,” he added. To Gamara.
The government has an immediate agenda to expand measures to overcome the economic consequences of the Ukraine war, an issue that also leads to inconsistencies between the partners. The PSOE believes that the measures already taken should be extended, but also acknowledges that they are talking to the groups to “explain some of the aspects that improve the resolution”. Podemos, for his part, urges to go further, given that the “social shield” is already obsolete, mainly because “inflation continues at a very high level.”
Negotiation and management of inconsistencies – identified Executive Operating Protocol That they signed at the end of 2019 – at the same time they will establish the unity of the left in the coming months, an issue that, according to the parliamentary debate, is of great concern to both the PSOE and United We Can. The aim is to ensure the mobilization of its voters in future appointments with the elections and to stop the rise of the right.
Source: El Diario
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