The secretary general of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, has again rejected the claim of the PP to change the electoral law for municipal elections the mayor is elected head of the most voted. “The PP just looking for a straight choice: the PP.”, Wrote the Socialist leader in Twitter
Sanchez has previously shown their opposition to this reform now and in the future, believing that a bug that does not contribute to advancing democratic regeneration or to ensure the stability and governance of many municipalities. Thus, while still a candidate for General Secretariat of the PSOE , and otherwise showed this electoral reform proposed by persidente Government, Mariano Rajoy, but suggested that, if there were direct election of mayors out to two turns.
In the closing Extraordinary Congress of the PSOE in which he was named the new party leader, Sanchez and announced that one of the first steps that would should be inaugurated as president would be to reverse the local electoral reform.
Also, in the first meeting with Rajoy, the new socialist Secretary General reiterated his categorical rejection of this reform, since, as he explained, there is a measure to regenerate the democracy, but an attempt to “change the rules of the game five minutes before the end of the game.” “The not is now and for the future,” he said.
In an interview with THE WORLD few days after being elected in party primaries, Sanchez did not show Contrary to change some aspects of the Electoral Act, but declined to be done “with opportunistic goal.”
‘very serious that democratic backsliding’
In addition, the mayor of Vigo Abel Caballero , FEMP vice president and member of the Federal Executive of the PSOE, said today that his party will not negotiate electoral reform that seeks to approve the PP “now or never because it would endorse an undemocratic and regressive attempt.”
Knight alluded thus in a press conference in Vigo to the will of PP to push through electoral reform to favor the direct election of mayors in local elections in May 2015 even against the will of the PSOE .
has pointed out that the reform has its origin in the “bad result” of the PP in the European elections in May and has indicated that the “severe electoral decline” the party led by Mariano Rajoy fears that he may same thing happened in municipal, “so try to change the rules for maintaining and shielding some municipalities.”
For Knight, the adoption of this reform would be “a serious democratic backsliding” and warned that “does not worth the PSOE now or later,” but he said that after the municipal elections, “we can talk,” but must be “on a completely different project,” and with the participation of all political parties.
‘There are things or among all or do not make’
The Mayor of Toledo and secretary general of the PSOE in Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page , has also said it is “very serious threat to the democratic life of the country” that the Prime Minister wants to adopt without the consent of the main opposition party election Direct mayors.
“I do not argue that there to make reforms, but there are things or made between all or can not do, simply because prostitutes or pervert the rules of the game,” stated Garcia -Page questions from the media at a press conference. In this regard, he said he found it “very serious attitude Rajoy” and indicated that if that is to say the president is to be adopted “with consensus or not, tramples the constitutional spirit.”
In addition, is convinced that “can not touch the foundation of the Constitution from a single party and a single majority.” “This is sacred in democracy and constitutional terms,” he sentenced Garcia-Page.
“Therefore, Rajoy does not want to convince the Spaniards want to rig the election as the president of Castilla-La Mancha, María Dolores de Cospedal, the reform of electoral rigging,” he asserted.
Finally, has argued that Spain “is not a country that can manage and govern from taxation”, because “everything went well was based on broad consensus and majority and all that evil is gone. because he has done every man for himself and others imponiéndoselo ”
The PP will continue with the reform
However, the Prime Minister is willing to change the Organic Act Electoral System but not for the support of the PSOE. The leader of the Executive intended that this measure is already in place ahead of the municipal elections of 2015 and, therefore, assume as mayor voted candidate.
The PP would be willing to negotiate the inclusion of a second round direct election of mayors, although neither the general secretary popular , María Dolores de Cospedal or Deputy Secretary of Regional and Local Policy, Javier Arenas , have defended in public.
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