Spain: Pedro Sánchez announces that he will continue to lead the government

Madrid. The socialist Pedro Sánchez will continue to lead the Spanish government and therefore aspires to exhaust the legislature and preside over the Executive until 2027. He decided this after five days of reflection and silence before the war dirty and harassment launched for 10 years by the right and extreme right against him and his family.

His coalition partners, Sumar, and other peripheral parties of the left urged him that from this new paragraph promote reforms to renew the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) without counting on the Popular Party (PP) and approve a new law to regulate the media, fake news and war dirty on social networks.

Sánchez began the day by heading to the Zarzuela Palace, where he informed King Felipe VI, in his capacity as head of state, of his decision. Afterwards he returned to his official residence, the Moncloa Palace, to make an institutional statement at the doors of the premises and in the open air, without accepting questions from journalists, who had to follow his appearance from closed circuit television. .

The socialist leader reported that after reflecting and receiving support and solidarity from both political leaders and members of his party, he decided to continue leading the presidency of the government.

He explained that he has I have recognized before those who seek to break me that it hurts to live in these situations. Sometimes the only way to move forward is to stop. I have acted from a clear conviction. Either we say enough is enough or this degradation of public life will determine our future, condemning us as a country. I have taken this step for personal reasons, but they are reasons that everyone can understand. This is not an ideological question. We are talking about respect, dignity.

The mud in public life

He warned that no matter how hard the campaign war dirty adopted the decision to continue with more strength, if possible. This is not about the destiny of a particular leader. It’s about deciding what kind of society we want to be. Our country needs this reflection. We have been letting mud contaminate our public life for a long time. Demanding unconditional resistance means putting the focus on the victims and not the aggressors. This smear campaign will not stop. we can with her.

He asserted that if this drift continues, he would give in to the right that intends to relegate the role of women in the domestic sphere, having to sacrifice their professional career for the benefit of that of their husband. If, in short, we allow unreason to become routine, the consequence will be that we will have done irreparable damage to our democracy.

He urged the Spanish Socialist Workers Party and its partners in the government to undertake a cleaning in the Judiciary and in the media: I believe that our country needs to make a collective reflection that opens the way to regeneration, to fair play.

In the first interview after the announcement, on the public channel TVE, Sánchez stated that he is studying measures to regulate the media: We have to be aware of the challenge that the spurious use of social networks implies, also of these Internet pages that are financed with different money, both from regional governments and from municipal governments of the PP with the extreme right, by certain companies, and be aware of the challenge we have to deepen democracy.

announced a answer to reform the Judiciary, stating: I believe in the separation of powers and justice and I think it is time to strengthen it. We have to give an answer. I would like to do it hand in hand with the PP.

Discomfort of Catalans

However, Sánchez’s message generated discomfort in Catalan separatism, which called him voter y opportunistfor which he even demanded that the Central Electoral Board cancel a planned interview with TVE, considering that he intends to influence the regional elections on the 12th.

From the extreme right and the right, Sánhez’s message was described as manipulator. The leader of the PP assured that the president’s speech It is the most dangerous of all those he has uttered: he does not accept disagreement, he wants a country tailored to him and at his service. He wants to be more president at the cost of less democracy. He doesn’t want opposition, he doesn’t want justice, he doesn’t want the media. He only loves himself.

He reproached having used the king of Secondary actor from his staging.

The extreme right leader, Santiago Abascal, added that Sánchez’s message represents a reaffirmation of its blow against the unity of Spain, coexistence, the rule of law, the separation of powers and freedom of the press, which seeks to persecute independent judges, free media and the opposition, in addition to burying criticism and guaranteeing impunity for their crimes, lies and corruption.

Pure comedy: Aznar

The former president of the government, the right-wing José María Aznar, called Sánchez’s message tearful comedy of caudillismo, in the purest style of Peronist populism.

The Federation of Associations of Journalists of Spain and the Madrid Press Association expressed their worry in response to Sánchez’s message, in which, in addition to not allowing questions, he announced cleaning measures.