The vice president abandons her conciliatory tone and describes the president’s position as “opaque and incoherent” … but rules out a breach of government. Even within the PSOE, Sánchez has been criticized
The radical turn Pedro Sanchez with politics about Morocco and the Western Sahara has disturbed the previous conciliatory role Yolanda Diaz in between PSOE and United we can when there were disagreements between the two parties that form the government.
When it comes to issues like sending weapons Ukrainethe second vicepresident stopped her fellow podemite ministers, now she instead leads the criticism for the Sahara, and in a tough way.
own Yolanda Diazwho had already censored the decision in the networks Sanchez Recognize Morocco’s theses regarding the Western SaharaHe now openly criticizes the attitude as “enormous lack of transparency” and “wrong forms”. Sanchezand his “incoherent” attitude.
Of course, the Minister of Labor, who is also responsible, rejects this United we can I should break them government to be consistent with his position and ensure that is “inconsistent”. Sanchez and the to be allowed to sticks to what is written in the government pact.
Of to be allowed toalso his speaker Issa Serra strengthened the message Diaz to describe the drastic turn in Western Sahara as “unjustifiable and incomprehensible”. They were not the only ones, all member parties of the PSOE who supported the motion of no confidence and called for the inauguration of Sánchez, the socalled Frankenstein coalition Sanchez give explanations congress after accepting the route defended by as valid Morocco about him Western Sahara.
Schism within the PSOE itself
Criticism of Sánchez for the turning point in the Sahara even comes from within his own party. The current of the PSOE Socialist Left makes his “displeasure” with the new position of the President clear and demands that “a federal committee of PSOE before a decision of this level that modifies the socialist positions of more than 40 years”.
For his part, the socialist senator Xavier de LucasSecretary for Human Rights in the executive branch of the PSPVhas shown his reluctance to change positions Sanchezfor which he has called for an internal party debate and warned that the coalition is strained United we can.
“It is evident that there is a part of socialist militancy and voters in Spain who live with enormous contradictions and pains, which many interpret as a break with the Sahrawi people,” he said, recalling the “very strong ties” of the Spaniards with this community.