Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 3:27:09 GMT -5
The opening of the new political course will undoubtedly bring us exciting events in the coming months. The last remodeling of the Government and the beginning of autumn have given way to the second part of the legislature. Left behind are the debate on the composition of the coalition Government (sterile due to the lack of alternatives), the presence of Unidas Podemos (UP) in the Government and, finally, the departure of Vice President Pablo Iglesias from the State Executive. In this framework, and despite the many existing difficulties, everything indicates that Pedro Sánchez will finish the legislature - if he plays his cards well and does not make big mistakes -, despite the disastrous opposition of the PP, the incomprehensible and suicidal attitude of Ciudadanos and the aberrant barbaric politics practiced by the extreme right. Perhaps it is the PP's opposition policy, if it can be described as policy, that draws the most attention. Precisely, it is the regular absence of this that most destabilizes democratic coexistence in our country. It is not a question of it being more or less hard, but rather that it does not exist. The PP understands opposition work as an interregnum in which it is not in power and, therefore, experiences it as a permanent electoral campaign, outside the vision of the State and common democratic values.
It is truly obscene that he is using any means at his disposal to wear down and overthrow the legitimately constituted Government. The PP is convinced that power belongs by nature to the right and, therefore, when the left has it, it considers that it is exercised illegitimately ("social communists" and "squatters"). This explains why the main opposition party is Australia Phone Number completely opposed to the increase in pensions (in accordance with the cost of living and despite being also agreed by unions and employers), to raising the SMI by 15 euros and to the Government regulations that reduce the increase in the price of the electricity bill. And, what is more serious, it unfortunately uses its blocking capacity in the pending renewal of important State institutions: General Council of the Judiciary, Constitutional Court, Court of Accounts, Ombudsman and RTVE Board of Directors. The most grotesque thing about the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary is that it uses the excuse that it is necessary to review the legislation, when in reality it conceals that the current relationship of forces significantly harms it in the aforementioned renewal. Therefore, it is not surprising that some describe this policy as disloyal to the Government and even a real coup d'état against democracy. Approaching a brief analysis of the policy of the majority party in the Government (PSOE), requires thoroughly differentiating the internal policy practiced from the Government's own action.
The organizational policy, with exceptions in some Autonomous Communities (CCAA), does not remotely meet the expectations generated in the debates held in the last “primaries”, where Pedro Sánchez was elected as the new general secretary of the PSOE. We must not forget that Pedro had the support, among others, of a significant number of prestigious union members from UGT and also from CCOO and promised to strengthen internal democracy and the party instrument, in addition to unreservedly defending social democratic ideas. At this time it can be seen that the PSOE has practically disappeared as a party, having been subsumed by the Government's actions. The opening of the People's Houses to citizens, political debate, participation of militants, accountability (even addressing the accumulation of positions and revolving doors) and respect for internal democracy have in fact been eliminated. The organic situation, particularly in Madrid, is dramatic, especially after the unfortunate intervention of La Moncloa in the last electoral campaign, the ineffective political opposition practiced, the lack of enthusiasm conveyed by the candidates for mayor and the government of the Community of Madrid and, finally, the spectacular collapse of the results obtained on May 4. Everything indicates, furthermore, that these problems will not be resolved in the next federal congress of the PSOE (between October 15 and 17), nor in the Madrid congress, which will be held later in November.
It is truly obscene that he is using any means at his disposal to wear down and overthrow the legitimately constituted Government. The PP is convinced that power belongs by nature to the right and, therefore, when the left has it, it considers that it is exercised illegitimately ("social communists" and "squatters"). This explains why the main opposition party is Australia Phone Number completely opposed to the increase in pensions (in accordance with the cost of living and despite being also agreed by unions and employers), to raising the SMI by 15 euros and to the Government regulations that reduce the increase in the price of the electricity bill. And, what is more serious, it unfortunately uses its blocking capacity in the pending renewal of important State institutions: General Council of the Judiciary, Constitutional Court, Court of Accounts, Ombudsman and RTVE Board of Directors. The most grotesque thing about the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary is that it uses the excuse that it is necessary to review the legislation, when in reality it conceals that the current relationship of forces significantly harms it in the aforementioned renewal. Therefore, it is not surprising that some describe this policy as disloyal to the Government and even a real coup d'état against democracy. Approaching a brief analysis of the policy of the majority party in the Government (PSOE), requires thoroughly differentiating the internal policy practiced from the Government's own action.
The organizational policy, with exceptions in some Autonomous Communities (CCAA), does not remotely meet the expectations generated in the debates held in the last “primaries”, where Pedro Sánchez was elected as the new general secretary of the PSOE. We must not forget that Pedro had the support, among others, of a significant number of prestigious union members from UGT and also from CCOO and promised to strengthen internal democracy and the party instrument, in addition to unreservedly defending social democratic ideas. At this time it can be seen that the PSOE has practically disappeared as a party, having been subsumed by the Government's actions. The opening of the People's Houses to citizens, political debate, participation of militants, accountability (even addressing the accumulation of positions and revolving doors) and respect for internal democracy have in fact been eliminated. The organic situation, particularly in Madrid, is dramatic, especially after the unfortunate intervention of La Moncloa in the last electoral campaign, the ineffective political opposition practiced, the lack of enthusiasm conveyed by the candidates for mayor and the government of the Community of Madrid and, finally, the spectacular collapse of the results obtained on May 4. Everything indicates, furthermore, that these problems will not be resolved in the next federal congress of the PSOE (between October 15 and 17), nor in the Madrid congress, which will be held later in November.