The absences in the Federal Committee of the PSOE held this Saturday in Madrid of the barons who in recent months have publicly questioned some decisions of the Government of Pedro Sánchez has eliminated at the root any hint of criticism in a meeting with which the party has begun to grease their machinery for the municipal and regional elections on May 28. The presidents of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, and of Aragón, Javier Lambán, have notified their self-exclusion at the last minute, citing personal reasons, to which has been added the already planned non-attendance of the Valencian Ximo Puig, in his case with the argument of the Fallas.
During the more than four hours in which the interventions of twenty leaders of different federations have taken place, only once has the controversy of the law of only yes is yes been mentioned, the application of which has already allowed the reduction of sentences to more than 700 convicted of sexual assaults. The one who has brought up the issue has been Pablo Zuloaga, vice president of Cantabria, and exclusively to highlight the fact that the socialist wing of the coalition at the head of La Moncloa has promoted the reform of the norm to stop the review of sentences despite the iron resistance of Podemos.
In this Saturday's meeting there has not been an explicit statement on the alleged plot to collect bribes from Canary Islands businessmen in exchange for favors that are being investigated in the Mediator case, in which the former national deputy Juan Bernardo Fuentes is implicated, known as Tito Berni, and his nephew, Taishet Fuentes, former director of Livestock in the regional government. The president of the archipelago, Ángel Víctor Torres, has implicitly referred to the matter to defend the "immediate action" of the party when alleged irregularities are detected after both were suddenly expelled.
In such a balsamic environment, the Federal Committee of the PSOE -the party's highest body between congresses- has ratified the electoral lists of 28-M except for exceptions such as that of the Almería City Council, where the official candidacy does not have the majority support of the militancy. It has also approved the framework program that theoretically has to be assumed by all its regional applicants and which includes measures such as promoting regional plans to eradicate any form of sexual exploitation, including prostitution.
During his speech behind closed doors, Sánchez told his people how identified he felt with the presidents of Finland, Sanna Marin, and of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, on her recent visit to both countries due to the "personal attacks" that, As he has said, both Social Democratic leaders of the opposition parties also suffer. What he has not revealed is the strategy that he will follow in the motion of no confidence that he himself will face on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
In the part of his speech that has been able to be followed by the media through a plasma television installed in the press room of the Ferraz headquarters, the head of the Executive has insisted on the strategy of encouraging fear of the arrival of Vox to the institutions to try to electorally weaken the PP, whom he considers his true rival. "[Alberto Núñez] Feijóo's project involves reissuing coalition governments with the extreme right wherever he joins," he warned.
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