Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was one of the first representatives of Spanish politics to censor not only the forced kiss that suspended Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) leader Luis Rubiales gave to soccer player Jennifer Hermoso, but also his lukewarm apology in which he implicitly called for his resignation when he warned that forgiveness was not enough. As the controversy flared up again after it was revealed that the Higher Sports Council (CSD) will not be able to disqualify the federation leader, the PSOE general secretary insists on censuring his behavior. Sánchez also wanted to cite the reaction of the national players and society as a whole as an example of both the progress made in the fight for equality in this country and its fragility – kept in check under the government agreements at regional and municipal levels. , at the start of the Socialists’ political course this Saturday in Malaga.
“Spain is a feminist country. “Our players won twice: on the field and as a lesson in equality between men and women,” emphasized Sánchez. “A long time ago there were very few who put themselves at the forefront of the effective fight for equality between men and women, but today there is an unstoppable wave that has decided not to defer to their friends, husbands, bosses and sports presidents subdue associations. “It’s over,” the socialist leader added, adding to the message of support on the networks for Hermoso and the rest of the national team’s players.
Although without citing him, Sánchez has criticized Rubiales’ “embarrassing” behavior, first on August 20 when he held his testicles in the box and gave the non-consensual kiss during the Women’s World Cup final, and later at his Speech at the RFEF meeting in which he announced that he would not resign and accused “false feminism” of having committed “a social murder” against him. “One cannot strive to represent Spain with attitudes and speeches that embarrass us,” he declared. However, the incumbent president maintained that he did not believe this behavior had worsened Spain’s image abroad. “All these controversies have not damaged the Spanish brand, because the Spanish brand is the exemplary reaction of Spanish footballers and the spectacular reaction of Spanish society, which said enough is enough.”
The PSOE boss’s words come a day after it was confirmed that the Supreme Sports Council cannot remove Rubiales from office after the Sports Administrative Court (TAD) decided to classify the federation leader’s actions as only serious and not very serious, which the Closing doors will result in an immediate withdrawal of their responsibilities. A setback for the government, which has now opted for the precautionary suspension route, the future of which is uncertain.
Sánchez also took the opportunity to contrast this commitment in favor of equality: “There are millions of men who are committed to you, we will do it together because Spain is a feminist country, no matter who it may be,” he said – Given the danger that the government pacts between PP and Vox pose to this fight, the last one was signed this Friday in the Murcia region. “If equality between men and women is at risk, it is a consequence of the agreements that PP and Vox make.” As examples, the socialist leader cited the decision of the President of the Valencian Cortes, Llanos Massó of Vox, at the minute’s silence due to the recent to stay away from sexist murder in Alzira; or the photos with the pre-constitutional flag of the Director General of Justice of Aragon, Esmeralda Pastor.
The incumbent president also referred to the policies developed by regional leaders led exclusively by the PP, without the support of the far right: “In Andalusia [Juan Manuel] Moreno Bonilla continues to fund anti-abortion associations and in La Rioja the PP, with an absolute majority, removed the name of a library in Almudena Grandes.” “The problem is not Vox, the problem is that the PP has adopted every single policy of the far-right party. “
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“Progressive Spain exists and deserves respect”
Sánchez has attacked “the fake investiture” that the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, is currently attempting, complaining that “with this lie of investiture he is wasting valuable time for Spain to gain time at the top” of the PP “. The incumbent president also recalled the last agreement between the Feijóo and Abascal parties in Murcia to avoid a repeat of the elections. “In these weeks there are some certainties that we can draw and today, after the coalition agreement in Murcia, no one doubts that with the absolute majority of Feijóo and Abascal it would have been the same as in the city councils and municipalities” where they add the absolute majority.
The socialist leader has also claimed his legitimacy to try to form a government: “Progressive Spain exists, demands respect and deserves to be represented.” To support this claim, he has used popular statements in support of Feijóo’s right to run for office questioned: “They say that we are not a state party, but they have blocked the constitution of the General Council of Justice for five years,” said Sánchez, who has once again offered to join the PP to commit to renew this body before December 31, 2023, whether at the head of the government or in opposition.
He also rejected the offer of a two-year term that Feijóo made to him last Wednesday: “They say they offer stability, we offer a four-year government to make further progress on rights and social achievements.” Regarding the appeal Regarding the support of socialist deputies, Sánchez was emphatic: “They talk about democratic renewal, but they appeal to transfuguismo, and that is corruption, it changes the results of the polls, and that is unworthy.”
Sánchez did not refer to the proposal of Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu to “advance the plurinational character of the state and the development of self-government in the Basque Country”, and in which the chairman of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzar, also reiterated this Friday that The situation in Spanish politics currently offers the PSOE leader “a historic opportunity” to “recognize the national realities of the state”. The Secretary General of the PSOE pointed out that “the coming Spain is that of coexistence and dialogue between territories”.
The socialist leader has once again chosen Andalusia as the venue to present his proposals. If he had chosen Dos Hermanas in Seville – a talisman city for the PSOE presidents – before the legislative elections to start the pre-election campaign, he has now chosen Málaga to give socialist militants and sympathizers his timetable for the coming weeks to show, at the beginning of the political course, which was characterized by the uncertainty surrounding the investiture and the negotiations with the nationalist parties.
Although the PP won again the elections in Andalusia on June 23, it did not perform as comfortably as expected. The PSOE managed to resist when it found itself in a moment of great organic weakness due to the loss of territorial power in the local elections. This perseverance was the key to the popular leader’s failure to obtain the seats in this municipality that would have paved his way to La Moncloa. For the Andalusian Socialists, the July results, which left them 100,000 votes short of the electoral vote, represent a turning point on the road to their long-awaited recovery in an area where, despite the loss of MPs compared to the last general election traditionally the case was a fishing ground for votes for the left formation. A path in which Sánchez will be instrumental. “I will be very present in Andalusia,” he promised.
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