About ten thousand socialist militants and sympathizers from all over Spain, according to party sources, gathered this Saturday (04/27/2024) around the PSOE headquarters in Madrid, to demonstrate their support for the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, after his decision to reflect for five days on his future at the head of the Executive.
The rally, in which shouts of “Pedro stay” and “democracy yes, fascism no” were heard, coincided with the celebration of the formation’s Federal Committee, the highest body of the party between congresses, which Sánchez does not attend, despite to be its general secretary, and which initially had the objective of ratifying the list for the European elections on June 9, headed by the third vice president of the Executive, Teresa Ribera. “Pedro, it’s worth it, stay, we count on you for the great challenges that we have to overcome together,” said the Minister of Energy Transition.
At the opening of the rally, broadcast through screens installed in the street, the deputy general secretary of the party and also vice president of the Government, María José Montero, denounced the “dirty war” against Sánchez and his family by the Popular Party and extreme associations. right, comparing it with phenomena and campaigns that took place in Brazil, the United States, Argentina and “many European countries.” “Begoña, partner, we are all with you,” she said in reference to Sánches’ wife. “Women know what it costs to build a professional career, to always be looked at with a magnifying glass and to always demand more from ourselves,” she added.
The Committee became a meeting of support for the President of the Government, who last Wednesday communicated, in a letter to the citizens, his intention to retire to reflect on whether it was worth continuing in office after a Madrid court admitted A complaint filed against his wife, Begoña Gómez, for alleged influence peddling is being processed. The complainant is the self-proclaimed far-right union “Manos Cleans”, whose general secretary, Miguel Bernad, admitted shortly after that his action was based on journalistic information that he had not verified and whose veracity, he said, the judges must investigate.
The PP and Vox accuse Pedro Sánchez of victimizing himself and putting on “a show” that embarrasses the country internationally, diverting attention from suspicions of corruption and running an electoral campaign on the eve of several elections.
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